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Grade B Cities, Above-Average Fiscal Health

Cities scoring 65-79 on our Fiscal Health Index, above average with room for improvement. Solid budgets and manageable debt levels.

Grade AGrade BGrade CGrade DGrade F
Cities
182
Total Population
29.1M
Avg Spending/Capita
$18,028
Avg Debt/Capita
$509

All 182 Grade B Cities

Victorville, CA

Pop. 134K

B
Total Spending
$1.8B
Per Capita
$13,225

Carrollton, TX

Pop. 132K

B
Total Spending
$1.6B
Per Capita
$11,954

Greenville, NC

Pop. 88K

B
Total Spending
$1.3B
Per Capita
$14,615

Alpharetta, GA

Pop. 66K

B
Total Spending
$899.1M
Per Capita
$13,647

Moore, OK

Pop. 63K

B
Total Spending
$630.1M
Per Capita
$10,052

Anaheim, CA

Pop. 347K

B
Total Spending
$8.2B
Per Capita
$23,533

Garland, TX

Pop. 244K

B
Total Spending
$3.1B
Per Capita
$12,614

Fremont, CA

Pop. 229K

B
Total Spending
$3.8B
Per Capita
$16,439

Chattanooga, TN

Pop. 181K

B
Total Spending
$4.4B
Per Capita
$24,150

Athens-Clarke County unified government (balance), GA

Pop. 127K

B
Total Spending
$2.6B
Per Capita
$20,643

Marysville, WA

Pop. 71K

B
Total Spending
$915.3M
Per Capita
$12,920

Herriman, UT

Pop. 55K

B
Total Spending
$444.2M
Per Capita
$8,033

Novato, CA

Pop. 53K

B
Total Spending
$701.1M
Per Capita
$13,215

St. Petersburg, FL

Pop. 259K

B
Total Spending
$5.7B
Per Capita
$21,836

Green Bay, WI

Pop. 107K

B
Total Spending
$1.6B
Per Capita
$14,610

Bryan, TX

Pop. 85K

B
Total Spending
$1.1B
Per Capita
$12,857

Folsom, CA

Pop. 81K

B
Total Spending
$1.4B
Per Capita
$17,333

Lafayette, IN

Pop. 71K

B
Total Spending
$1.1B
Per Capita
$15,637

Skokie, IL

Pop. 67K

B
Total Spending
$1.1B
Per Capita
$17,022

Raleigh, NC

Pop. 466K

B
Total Spending
$6.5B
Per Capita
$13,911

Pomona, CA

Pop. 150K

B
Total Spending
$2.7B
Per Capita
$17,754

Abilene, TX

Pop. 126K

B
Total Spending
$1.9B
Per Capita
$15,124

Fairfield, CA

Pop. 119K

B
Total Spending
$2.1B
Per Capita
$17,739

Las Cruces, NM

Pop. 111K

B
Total Spending
$1.6B
Per Capita
$14,707

Fort Myers, FL

Pop. 89K

B
Total Spending
$2.3B
Per Capita
$25,774

Cicero, IL

Pop. 84K

B
Total Spending
$1.4B
Per Capita
$16,288

Homestead, FL

Pop. 80K

B
Total Spending
$977.9M
Per Capita
$12,224

Muncie, IN

Pop. 65K

B
Total Spending
$1.1B
Per Capita
$16,708

Winter Haven, FL

Pop. 51K

B
Total Spending
$800.5M
Per Capita
$15,766

Austin, TX

Pop. 958K

B
Total Spending
$20.9B
Per Capita
$21,772

St. Louis, MO

Pop. 298K

B
Total Spending
$5.3B
Per Capita
$17,927

Plano, TX

Pop. 285K

B
Total Spending
$4.8B
Per Capita
$16,842

Baton Rouge, LA

Pop. 226K

B
Total Spending
$9.9B
Per Capita
$43,886

Modesto, CA

Pop. 218K

B
Total Spending
$2.9B
Per Capita
$13,306

Bridgeport, CT

Pop. 148K

B
Total Spending
$7.1B
Per Capita
$48,031

Sterling Heights, MI

Pop. 134K

B
Total Spending
$1.7B
Per Capita
$12,550

Renton, WA

Pop. 105K

B
Total Spending
$1.8B
Per Capita
$16,868

Portsmouth, VA

Pop. 97K

B
Total Spending
$4.5B
Per Capita
$46,704

Sioux City, IA

Pop. 85K

B
Total Spending
$1.3B
Per Capita
$15,576

Bloomington, IN

Pop. 79K

B
Total Spending
$1.2B
Per Capita
$15,529

Arlington Heights, IL

Pop. 77K

B
Total Spending
$1.0B
Per Capita
$13,390

Lauderhill, FL

Pop. 74K

B
Total Spending
$1.1B
Per Capita
$14,340

Portland, ME

Pop. 68K

B
Total Spending
$2.8B
Per Capita
$41,705

West Hartford, CT

Pop. 64K

B
Total Spending
$3.2B
Per Capita
$49,530

Euless, TX

Pop. 60K

B
Total Spending
$790.9M
Per Capita
$13,104

Columbus, IN

Pop. 51K

B
Total Spending
$878.0M
Per Capita
$17,252

Indianapolis city (balance), IN

Pop. 882K

B
Total Spending
$40.6B
Per Capita
$46,045

Palm Bay, FL

Pop. 122K

B
Total Spending
$1.0B
Per Capita
$8,594

College Station, TX

Pop. 120K

B
Total Spending
$1.1B
Per Capita
$9,372

Peoria, IL

Pop. 113K

B
Total Spending
$862.5M
Per Capita
$7,629

Sandy, UT

Pop. 96K

B
Total Spending
$840.3M
Per Capita
$8,787

Longview, TX

Pop. 82K

B
Total Spending
$1.2B
Per Capita
$14,023

Spring, TX

Pop. 64K

B
Total Spending
$66.6M
Per Capita
$1,043

Royal Oak, MI

Pop. 58K

B
Total Spending
$978.5M
Per Capita
$16,856

Orlando, FL

Pop. 308K

B
Total Spending
$9.6B
Per Capita
$31,123

Akron, OH

Pop. 190K

B
Total Spending
$3.7B
Per Capita
$19,638

Lake Charles, LA

Pop. 82K

B
Total Spending
$1.0B
Per Capita
$12,552

Queen Creek, AZ

Pop. 62K

B
Total Spending
$1.3B
Per Capita
$20,292

Parker, CO

Pop. 59K

B
Total Spending
$636.9M
Per Capita
$10,844

Bentonville, AR

Pop. 55K

B
Total Spending
$787.5M
Per Capita
$14,446

Oakland, CA

Pop. 438K

B
Total Spending
$13.2B
Per Capita
$30,055

Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance), GA

Pop. 202K

B
Total Spending
$3.9B
Per Capita
$19,144

Mesquite, TX

Pop. 149K

B
Total Spending
$1.9B
Per Capita
$12,966

Miramar, FL

Pop. 135K

B
Total Spending
$2.3B
Per Capita
$16,869

Kenosha, WI

Pop. 99K

B
Total Spending
$1.9B
Per Capita
$19,120

Bend, OR

Pop. 99K

B
Total Spending
$1.2B
Per Capita
$11,671

Lawton, OK

Pop. 91K

B
Total Spending
$935.3M
Per Capita
$10,275

Flower Mound, TX

Pop. 77K

B
Total Spending
$1.4B
Per Capita
$17,811

Huntersville, NC

Pop. 61K

B
Total Spending
$416.8M
Per Capita
$6,810

Santa Rosa, CA

Pop. 178K

B
Total Spending
$3.0B
Per Capita
$16,749

Roseville, CA

Pop. 149K

B
Total Spending
$3.3B
Per Capita
$21,878

Columbia, MO

Pop. 126K

B
Total Spending
$1.7B
Per Capita
$13,757

Suffolk, VA

Pop. 95K

B
Total Spending
$4.5B
Per Capita
$47,680

O'Fallon, MO

Pop. 92K

B
Total Spending
$603.3M
Per Capita
$6,570

Gary, IN

Pop. 69K

B
Total Spending
$1.5B
Per Capita
$21,825

Waterloo, IA

Pop. 67K

B
Total Spending
$1.2B
Per Capita
$17,802

Dearborn Heights, MI

Pop. 62K

B
Total Spending
$717.0M
Per Capita
$11,476

Baltimore, MD

Pop. 585K

B
Total Spending
$39.7B
Per Capita
$67,935

Corpus Christi, TX

Pop. 318K

B
Total Spending
$4.0B
Per Capita
$12,479

Jersey City, NJ

Pop. 288K

B
Total Spending
$6.1B
Per Capita
$21,136

Spokane, WA

Pop. 228K

B
Total Spending
$3.7B
Per Capita
$16,224

Fayetteville, NC

Pop. 209K

B
Total Spending
$2.9B
Per Capita
$14,049

Huntington Beach, CA

Pop. 197K

B
Total Spending
$3.6B
Per Capita
$18,134

Cary, NC

Pop. 175K

B
Total Spending
$2.8B
Per Capita
$16,057

Pearland, TX

Pop. 124K

B
Total Spending
$1.5B
Per Capita
$12,192

Broken Arrow, OK

Pop. 114K

B
Total Spending
$920.5M
Per Capita
$8,058

League City, TX

Pop. 113K

B
Total Spending
$1.1B
Per Capita
$10,115

Mount Pleasant, SC

Pop. 91K

B
Total Spending
$1.1B
Per Capita
$12,111

Indio, CA

Pop. 90K

B
Total Spending
$1.3B
Per Capita
$14,969

Springdale, AR

Pop. 87K

B
Total Spending
$869.2M
Per Capita
$10,025

Medford, OR

Pop. 86K

B
Total Spending
$1.1B
Per Capita
$12,307

Warner Robins, GA

Pop. 80K

B
Total Spending
$722.9M
Per Capita
$8,994

Racine, WI

Pop. 77K

B
Total Spending
$1.9B
Per Capita
$24,108

Maple Grove, MN

Pop. 70K

B
Total Spending
$662.0M
Per Capita
$9,443

Apex, NC

Pop. 66K

B
Total Spending
$802.7M
Per Capita
$12,247

Minnetonka, MN

Pop. 54K

B
Total Spending
$590.5M
Per Capita
$11,031

Detroit, MI

Pop. 637K

B
Total Spending
$19.8B
Per Capita
$31,087

Cleveland, OH

Pop. 370K

B
Total Spending
$8.6B
Per Capita
$23,088

Pittsburgh, PA

Pop. 304K

B
Total Spending
$7.7B
Per Capita
$25,349

North Las Vegas, NV

Pop. 264K

B
Total Spending
$2.9B
Per Capita
$11,006

Oxnard, CA

Pop. 202K

B
Total Spending
$4.1B
Per Capita
$20,458

Frisco, TX

Pop. 202K

B
Total Spending
$2.8B
Per Capita
$13,805

Cape Coral, FL

Pop. 199K

B
Total Spending
$2.9B
Per Capita
$14,436

McKinney, TX

Pop. 196K

B
Total Spending
$3.0B
Per Capita
$15,053

Evansville, IN

Pop. 117K

B
Total Spending
$1.7B
Per Capita
$14,467

Fort Smith, AR

Pop. 89K

B
Total Spending
$1.3B
Per Capita
$14,015

Plymouth, MN

Pop. 80K

B
Total Spending
$709.4M
Per Capita
$8,877

Cedar Park, TX

Pop. 76K

B
Total Spending
$1.2B
Per Capita
$15,625

Berwyn, IL

Pop. 57K

B
Total Spending
$1.7B
Per Capita
$29,525

Anderson, IN

Pop. 55K

B
Total Spending
$779.7M
Per Capita
$14,174

Logan, UT

Pop. 53K

B
Total Spending
$628.5M
Per Capita
$11,803

San Antonio, TX

Pop. 1.4M

B
Total Spending
$24.5B
Per Capita
$16,943

Salem, OR

Pop. 176K

B
Total Spending
$2.8B
Per Capita
$15,959

Waco, TX

Pop. 141K

B
Total Spending
$2.5B
Per Capita
$17,963

Allentown, PA

Pop. 125K

B
Total Spending
$1.9B
Per Capita
$15,252

Lewisville, TX

Pop. 125K

B
Total Spending
$1.3B
Per Capita
$10,277

Springfield, IL

Pop. 114K

B
Total Spending
$1.8B
Per Capita
$15,771

Davie, FL

Pop. 106K

B
Total Spending
$2.0B
Per Capita
$18,757

Spokane Valley, WA

Pop. 104K

B
Total Spending
$528.9M
Per Capita
$5,097

Buckeye, AZ

Pop. 95K

B
Total Spending
$1.4B
Per Capita
$15,170

New Braunfels, TX

Pop. 93K

B
Total Spending
$1.3B
Per Capita
$14,369

Boynton Beach, FL

Pop. 80K

B
Total Spending
$1.7B
Per Capita
$21,349

Bloomington, IL

Pop. 79K

B
Total Spending
$1.5B
Per Capita
$19,507

Cheektowaga, NY

Pop. 76K

B
Total Spending
$784.0M
Per Capita
$10,250

Mansfield, TX

Pop. 74K

B
Total Spending
$1.2B
Per Capita
$16,040

Jacksonville, NC

Pop. 72K

B
Total Spending
$616.3M
Per Capita
$8,571

Dothan, AL

Pop. 71K

B
Total Spending
$1.2B
Per Capita
$17,116

Lodi, CA

Pop. 67K

B
Total Spending
$1.0B
Per Capita
$15,436

Bossier City, LA

Pop. 63K

B
Total Spending
$921.6M
Per Capita
$14,635

Vineland, NJ

Pop. 61K

B
Total Spending
$893.6M
Per Capita
$14,698

Phoenix, AZ

Pop. 1.6M

B
Total Spending
$25.4B
Per Capita
$15,793

Long Beach, CA

Pop. 462K

B
Total Spending
$15.8B
Per Capita
$34,250

Henderson, NV

Pop. 318K

B
Total Spending
$5.1B
Per Capita
$16,120

Shreveport, LA

Pop. 186K

B
Total Spending
$3.2B
Per Capita
$17,313

Gainesville, FL

Pop. 142K

B
Total Spending
$3.3B
Per Capita
$23,485

Round Rock, TX

Pop. 120K

B
Total Spending
$1.7B
Per Capita
$14,124

Billings, MT

Pop. 117K

B
Total Spending
$1.5B
Per Capita
$12,501

Everett, WA

Pop. 111K

B
Total Spending
$2.9B
Per Capita
$26,447

Sparks, NV

Pop. 108K

B
Total Spending
$1.0B
Per Capita
$9,634

Federal Way, WA

Pop. 100K

B
Total Spending
$771.9M
Per Capita
$7,749

Conroe, TX

Pop. 92K

B
Total Spending
$1.5B
Per Capita
$15,799

Melbourne, FL

Pop. 85K

B
Total Spending
$1.2B
Per Capita
$14,111

Hammond, IN

Pop. 77K

B
Total Spending
$2.0B
Per Capita
$25,779

Blaine, MN

Pop. 70K

B
Total Spending
$596.8M
Per Capita
$8,520

Rogers, AR

Pop. 70K

B
Total Spending
$765.1M
Per Capita
$10,936

White Plains, NY

Pop. 59K

B
Total Spending
$1.9B
Per Capita
$32,697

Valdosta, GA

Pop. 55K

B
Total Spending
$551.3M
Per Capita
$9,976

Summerville, SC

Pop. 51K

B
Total Spending
$505.6M
Per Capita
$9,946

Murray, UT

Pop. 50K

B
Total Spending
$683.9M
Per Capita
$13,666

Aurora, CO

Pop. 387K

B
Total Spending
$6.7B
Per Capita
$17,400

Durham, NC

Pop. 284K

B
Total Spending
$8.9B
Per Capita
$31,264

Upland, CA

Pop. 79K

B
Total Spending
$936.1M
Per Capita
$11,873

Apple Valley, CA

Pop. 76K

B
Total Spending
$560.0M
Per Capita
$7,407

Shawnee, KS

Pop. 68K

B
Total Spending
$1.3B
Per Capita
$19,297

Pflugerville, TX

Pop. 65K

B
Total Spending
$722.3M
Per Capita
$11,193

North Little Rock, AR

Pop. 64K

B
Total Spending
$1.1B
Per Capita
$17,205

Lakewood, WA

Pop. 63K

B
Total Spending
$467.2M
Per Capita
$7,399

Corvallis, OR

Pop. 60K

B
Total Spending
$870.2M
Per Capita
$14,492

Carson, NV

Pop. 58K

B
Total Spending
$1.4B
Per Capita
$24,832

Oak Park, IL

Pop. 54K

B
Total Spending
$871.7M
Per Capita
$16,192

Oklahoma City, OK

Pop. 681K

B
Total Spending
$12.3B
Per Capita
$18,074

Memphis, TN

Pop. 630K

B
Total Spending
$13.9B
Per Capita
$22,111

Minneapolis, MN

Pop. 427K

B
Total Spending
$9.4B
Per Capita
$21,910

Moreno Valley, CA

Pop. 210K

B
Total Spending
$2.4B
Per Capita
$11,287

Visalia, CA

Pop. 141K

B
Total Spending
$1.7B
Per Capita
$11,943

Pasadena, CA

Pop. 138K

B
Total Spending
$5.2B
Per Capita
$38,011

Columbia, SC

Pop. 137K

B
Total Spending
$2.7B
Per Capita
$19,896

West Palm Beach, FL

Pop. 118K

B
Total Spending
$3.2B
Per Capita
$27,038

Lakeland, FL

Pop. 114K

B
Total Spending
$3.4B
Per Capita
$30,153

Dearborn, MI

Pop. 108K

B
Total Spending
$1.9B
Per Capita
$17,273

Asheville, NC

Pop. 94K

B
Total Spending
$2.0B
Per Capita
$21,304

Hoover, AL

Pop. 92K

B
Total Spending
$1.2B
Per Capita
$13,201

Bellingham, WA

Pop. 91K

B
Total Spending
$1.8B
Per Capita
$19,583

South Jordan, UT

Pop. 78K

B
Total Spending
$811.8M
Per Capita
$10,392

Daytona Beach, FL

Pop. 73K

B
Total Spending
$1.7B
Per Capita
$23,668

South San Francisco, CA

Pop. 66K

B
Total Spending
$2.2B
Per Capita
$33,936

Utica, NY

Pop. 65K

B
Total Spending
$1.0B
Per Capita
$15,612

Hamilton, OH

Pop. 63K

B
Total Spending
$7.3B
Per Capita
$116,276

Sanford, FL

Pop. 61K

B
Total Spending
$811.6M
Per Capita
$13,246

Bowie, MD

Pop. 58K

B
Total Spending
$611.7M
Per Capita
$10,561

Fountain Valley, CA

Pop. 57K

B
Total Spending
$861.3M
Per Capita
$15,176

Apopka, FL

Pop. 55K

B
Total Spending
$720.9M
Per Capita
$13,093

Frequently Asked Questions

What does a Grade B fiscal health score mean?

Good fiscal health, above-average across most metrics

How many US cities have a Grade B?

There are 182 cities with a Grade B fiscal health score out of 871 cities tracked. This represents 20.9% of all cities in our database.

What factors determine a city's fiscal health grade?

Our Fiscal Health Score weighs six factors: budget balance and reserves (25%), debt burden vs. peers (20%), pension funding ratio (20%), spending efficiency (15%), revenue diversity (10%), and three-year fiscal trend (10%). Cities scoring 65-79 earn a Grade B.

What is the average spending per capita for Grade B cities?

Grade B cities spend an average of $18,028 per resident annually. Their average debt per capita is $509. These figures are based on U.S. Census Bureau data.

Data: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances. Fiscal Health Scores are proprietary composite scores, see methodology.

The this entity category groups every U.S. municipal and county government finances entity sharing this attribute. The list above is the data; the paragraphs below explain what the grouping means against the broader the Census Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances distribution and how to read the relative rankings within the category.

For readers using this category as a starting point, the per-entity detail pages linked from the table above carry the underlying the Census Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances data in full. The category-level view is the filter; the per-entity pages are the actual answer.

Source: Census Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, 2026.