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Compare US Cities Side by Side
Pick up to four cities and see population, income, housing, safety and climate lined up column by column — every number live from federal data.
- 28,702
- Cities available
- Up to 4
- At once
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, PlainCities builds each city profile from the American Community Survey 5-Year estimates released in December 2024, covering 28,702 cities and towns. Every number in this comparison is read live from that data — see our methodology for the full source list and limits.
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How does the city comparison tool work?
Where do the comparison numbers come from?
Every figure is read live from the same federal datasets used across PlainCities: Census ACS 5-Year estimates for population, income and housing; FBI UCR for crime; NOAA Climate Normals for weather. No values are estimated or interpolated.
How many cities can I compare at once?
Up to four cities side by side. Add cities with the search box; remove one by clicking the × on its column.
Why is a value shown as N/A?
Some smaller places are below the Census reporting threshold for a given table, so that single value is suppressed at the source. We show N/A rather than guessing a number.