Data from U.S. Census Bureau · 2026 ·
Methodology Home / Rankings / Housing Spending Per Capita Housing Spending Per Capita Housing and community development spending per resident. Higher is better. Ranking 672 cities.
# City Grade Population Housing Spending Per Capita 1 Orange, CA D 139K $43,610 2 Maricopa, AZ D 60K $33,747 3 San Bernardino, CA D 221K $22,269 4 Sarasota, FL C 56K $22,245 5 Riverside, CA C 316K $19,438 6 Huntington Park, CA C 55K $18,445 7 San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA D 110K $17,685 8 San Mateo, CA C 104K $17,412 9 Ocala, FL D 64K $17,370 10 Santa Clara, CA C 128K $16,729 11 Miami Beach, FL C 82K $16,183 12 Alameda, CA C 78K $15,903 13 Hamilton, OH B 63K $15,570 14 Santa Monica, CA D 92K $12,143 15 Greenville, SC D 71K $11,807 16 Berwyn, IL B 57K $11,137 17 Santa Barbara, CA C 89K $10,780 18 Wilmington, DE F 71K $10,592 19 Washington, DC D 671K $10,296 20 Monterey Park, CA C 60K $10,056 21 Tulare, CA C 69K $9,826 22 San Francisco, CA D 851K $9,315 23 Urban Honolulu, HI D 349K $8,730 24 Lafayette, LA D 122K $8,621 25 Sacramento, CA C 524K $8,577 26 Newport Beach, CA C 85K $8,391 27 Santa Cruz, CA C 61K $7,822 28 Oakland, CA B 438K $7,811 29 Palo Alto, CA D 68K $7,438 30 Fort Lauderdale, FL C 183K $7,339 31 White Plains, NY B 59K $7,160 32 New York, NY C 8.6M $7,137 33 Pasadena, CA B 138K $7,122 34 Baton Rouge, LA B 226K $7,045 35 Miami, FL C 444K $6,840 36 Bridgeport, CT B 148K $6,831 37 Boston, MA C 666K $6,614 38 Fort Myers, FL B 89K $6,599 39 Chicago, IL C 2.7M $6,520 40 Delray Beach, FL D 67K $6,479 41 New Britain, CT D 74K $6,454 42 Tempe, AZ A 181K $6,386 43 Los Angeles, CA D 3.9M $6,325 44 Ontario, CA C 176K $6,314 45 Boca Raton, FL D 98K $6,306 46 Hollywood, FL D 153K $6,297 47 Evanston, IL A 77K $6,165 48 Boulder, CO D 107K $6,093 49 Cleveland, OH B 370K $6,008 50 Burbank, CA D 106K $5,992 51 Richmond, VA D 227K $5,951 52 Palm Beach Gardens, FL C 59K $5,917 53 Torrance, CA C 145K $5,902 54 Detroit, MI B 637K $5,791 55 Rancho Cordova, CA D 79K $5,784 56 Long Beach, CA B 462K $5,782 57 Charleston, SC C 150K $5,779 58 St. Charles, MO C 71K $5,746 59 West Palm Beach, FL B 118K $5,722 60 St. Louis, MO B 298K $5,667 61 Galveston, TX C 53K $5,660 62 Glendale, CA D 195K $5,648 63 Orlando, FL B 308K $5,645 64 Pawtucket, RI D 75K $5,621 65 Anaheim, CA B 347K $5,592 66 Jacksonville, FL C 950K $5,572 67 Cincinnati, OH A 309K $5,569 68 South San Francisco, CA B 66K $5,563 69 Yonkers, NY C 210K $5,533 70 Providence, RI F 190K $5,495 71 Birmingham, AL C 200K $5,487 72 Passaic, NJ C 70K $5,476 73 Napa, CA D 79K $5,472 74 Grand Junction, CO D 66K $5,428 75 Daytona Beach, FL B 73K $5,393 76 Sunnyvale, CA C 155K $5,374 77 Sunrise, FL D 97K $5,301 78 Vacaville, CA C 102K $5,249 79 Hayward, CA C 161K $5,242 80 Richmond, CA A 116K $5,204 81 Madison, AL D 57K $5,194 82 Anchorage, AK C 291K $5,191 83 Boynton Beach, FL B 80K $5,177 84 Rochester, NY D 211K $5,169 85 Frederick, MD C 78K $5,157 86 Mountain View, CA C 82K $5,142 87 Waukegan, IL A 89K $5,135 88 Springfield, OH C 59K $5,114 89 Newark, NJ C 307K $5,110 90 Huntington Beach, CA B 197K $5,095 91 Glendale, AZ A 248K $5,079 92 Castle Rock, CO D 74K $4,987 93 Davie, FL B 106K $4,944 94 Port Arthur, TX C 56K $4,921 95 Chattanooga, TN B 181K $4,908 96 Philadelphia, PA D 1.6M $4,902 97 San Jose, CA A 1.0M $4,897 98 Bloomington, IL B 79K $4,894 99 Alexandria, VA C 158K $4,894 100 Hawthorne, CA A 87K $4,868
Showing top 100 of 672 cities
Data: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances. Per-capita figures based on American Community Survey population estimates.
CitySpend
Making municipal spending transparent. All data sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau, USASpending.gov, and city open data portals.
© 2026 CitySpend. Data from U.S. Census Bureau, USASpending.gov, and public records.