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Vancouver, WA
198,992 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 5374060 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Vancouver ranked #72 of 340 cities and 1st of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Vancouver and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Tacoma WA, West Valley City UT, Gresham OR, Salt Lake City UT, Salem OR, Visalia CA, Lancaster CA, Spokane WA, Eugene OR, Tempe AZ, St. Paul MN, Modesto CA, Fort Collins CO · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #72 of 340 cities · 1st of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #150 | #45 | #74 | #62 | #56 | #39 | #147 | #90 | #38 | #55 | #51 | #66 | #51 | #34 | #48 | #17 | #53 | #67 | #72 | #87 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 156,392 | 157,858 | 159,217 | 160,320 | 161,243 | 167,595 | 169,046 | 170,035 | 171,565 | 173,406 | 176,409 | 178,621 | 180,360 | 182,887 | 184,463 | 191,284 | 193,475 | 194,995 | 197,733 | 198,992 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #71 of 340 cities · 2nd of 14 in its peer group | +1.6 | +1.1 | +1.0 | +0.9 | +0.7 | — | +0.6 | +0.4 | +0.6 | +1.0 | +1.3 | +1.3 | +1.4 | +1.0 | +1.0 | +0.4 | +1.1 | +0.4 | +0.5 | +0.2 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #69 of 271 cities with data · 1st of 13 in its peer group with data | 4.5 | 6.0 | 5.5 | 2.9 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 3.0 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 6.2 | 4.0 | 8.6 | 6.1 | 7.4 | 8.2 | 12.4 | 9.7 | 6.9 | 6.1 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #212 of 340 cities · 11th of 14 in its peer group | 22.1% | 19.5% | 19.7% | 19.2% | 22.1% | 21.2% | 21.4% | 23.1% | 22.8% | 22.3% | 23.7% | 22.3% | 23.2% | 25.5% | 24.2% | — | 24.5% | 24.4% | 25.1% | 25.6% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #143 of 304 cities with data · 7th of 13 in its peer group with data | 5.1 | 2.5 | 4.4 | — | 3.7 | — | 5.3 | 2.9 | 1.2 | 4.0 | 1.1 | — | 5.0 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 6.2 | 4.6 | 3.5 | 5.0 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #147 of 295 cities with data · 7th of 13 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13.4 | 12.1 | 14.7 | 18.5 | 25.5 | 24.6 | 22.8 | 36.6 | 65.1 | 79.5 | 82.4 | 56.8 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 73,874 | 77,379 | 78,458 | 78,808 | 76,493 | 79,414 | 77,859 | 78,822 | 82,532 | 86,590 | 88,668 | 89,709 | 94,168 | 97,443 | 99,923 | 96,604 | 99,071 | 105,438 | 106,898 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #263 of 329 cities with data · 12th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -1.4 | +1.0 | -0.9 | -0.7 | +2.4 | +2.9 | -5.0 | -0.0 | +2.5 | +1.8 | -1.7 | -1.9 | +2.7 | +1.4 | -0.1 | +1.5 | +3.1 | +1.2 | -1.5 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 74,095 | 75,454 | 73,942 | 80,528 | 82,246 | 85,151 | 83,850 | 93,633 | 91,215 | — | 92,222 | 96,323 | 101,305 | 100,856 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #191 of 340 cities · 5th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11.5% | 12.0% | 9.4% | 9.2% | 5.4% | 5.5% | 6.1% | 4.4% | 4.7% | — | 7.6% | 6.9% | 4.2% | 5.2% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #35 of 314 cities with data · 2nd of 14 in its peer group | 35% | 39% | 41% | 36% | 32% | 28% | 30% | 30% | 37% | 32% | 33% | 31% | 29% | 32% | 33% | 30% | 36% | 44% | 39% | 40% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #45 of 314 cities with data · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | $3,032 | $2,826 | $2,126 | $2,534 | $2,529 | $2,368 | $2,254 | $2,121 | $2,000 | $1,699 | $1,610 | $1,445 | $1,280 | $1,125 | $978 | $769 | $707 | $595 | $516 | $827 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for Vancouver. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.