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Kenosha, WI
99,578 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 5539225 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Kenosha ranked #71 of 340 cities and 4th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Kenosha and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Clarksville TN, Green Bay WI, Sioux Falls SD, Peoria IL, Davenport IA, Manchester NH, Fort Collins CO, Greeley CO, Cedar Rapids IA, Fargo ND, Huntsville AL, Topeka KS, Boulder 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 | #71 of 340 cities · 4th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #134 | #89 | #100 | #110 | #80 | #49 | #210 | #92 | #179 | #195 | #143 | #84 | #205 | #157 | #157 | #288 | #112 | #124 | #71 | #62 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 96,336 | 97,038 | 97,805 | 98,456 | 98,785 | 99,397 | 99,560 | 99,859 | 99,704 | 99,728 | 99,479 | 99,388 | 99,785 | 99,908 | 99,944 | 99,963 | 99,250 | 99,049 | 99,082 | 99,578 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #97 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group | +0.7 | +0.3 | +0.3 | +0.2 | -0.1 | — | -0.3 | -0.1 | -0.3 | -0.1 | -0.3 | -0.4 | +0.0 | +0.0 | +0.1 | -0.0 | -0.5 | -0.5 | -0.3 | +0.1 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #230 of 271 cities with data · 13th of 13 in its peer group with data | — | 4.8 | 3.1 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 0.3 | — | 0.5 | 1.3 | 3.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 4.2 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.8 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #37 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group | 18.0% | 18.7% | 18.5% | 20.0% | 19.6% | 19.9% | 20.9% | 18.7% | 22.4% | 19.4% | 19.4% | 19.6% | 20.1% | 18.5% | 20.9% | — | 18.6% | 18.4% | 19.8% | 19.7% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #102 of 304 cities with data · 5th of 13 in its peer group with data | 3.1 | 4.1 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 2.0 | — | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 7.0 | 13.1 | 8.1 | 1.0 | 3.0 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #80 of 295 cities with data · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 41.0 | 37.3 | 27.3 | 29.3 | 26.1 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 34,414 | 33,937 | 33,621 | 33,928 | 35,232 | 36,293 | 33,202 | 32,244 | 32,052 | 33,731 | 34,181 | 37,923 | 39,471 | 39,926 | 40,647 | 37,554 | 40,309 | 43,063 | 43,029 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #253 of 329 cities with data · 9th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -5.3 | +3.8 | -1.0 | +0.5 | +6.9 | +0.5 | -12.4 | +0.1 | +0.0 | -1.3 | -0.7 | +2.4 | -1.3 | -0.9 | +0.1 | -4.9 | -1.7 | +2.2 | -1.2 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 43,970 | 46,353 | 44,180 | 45,313 | 47,510 | 47,095 | 49,021 | 51,092 | 49,941 | — | 48,638 | 50,690 | 54,747 | 53,111 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #86 of 340 cities · 8th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14.2% | 11.3% | 12.7% | 9.3% | 6.8% | 8.0% | 7.5% | 6.9% | 5.6% | — | 5.4% | 4.3% | 3.3% | 4.0% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #70 of 314 cities with data · 7th of 14 in its peer group | 13% | 14% | 14% | 13% | 17% | 17% | 24% | 21% | 22% | 18% | 25% | 22% | 22% | 25% | 22% | 25% | 27% | 11% | 32% | 34% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #142 of 314 cities with data · 8th of 14 in its peer group | $2,914 | $3,601 | $2,945 | $2,797 | $2,763 | $2,652 | $2,446 | $2,457 | $2,098 | $1,762 | $1,372 | $1,555 | $1,424 | $1,430 | $2,282 | $2,402 | $2,496 | $2,470 | $2,462 | $2,492 |
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 Kenosha. 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.