100k Population Fit

Places closest to 100,000 residents score highest.

Scale0-100

Higher values rank better for this score.

How It's Calculated

The latest published score is normalized to a 0-100 scale. The method below explains what the score rewards, with technical source metadata available for audit.

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The score is highest at 100,000 residents.
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Scores decline as log population moves away from log10(100,000), then are clamped to the 0-100 range.

Technical details

Score TypeMaster Score

Read from the current master score table for this criterion.

Ranking BasisSingle Score

The top 10 below ignore your blended relocation weights and sort only by 100k Population Fit.

No source details available for this score.

What This Score Means

100k Population Fit rewards places whose population is closest to 100,000 residents.

Statistics Feeding This Score

Total population
Current canonical place population, using Census Population Estimates Program data where available and ACS fallback otherwise.
Source: U.S. Census Population Estimates Program
Distance from 100,000
Derived as the absolute distance between log10(population) and log10(100,000).
Source: Derived from canonical population inputs

Source Data

Source: U.S. Census Population Estimates ProgramAnnual Census population estimates for cities, towns, and other local governmental units. Population-size scoring uses these estimates when available and falls back to ACS for Census places not covered by PEP.Source: U.S. Census American Community Survey 5-YearCensus ACS 5-year estimates for housing, income, population, occupation, education, and race/ethnicity inputs at place, county, or CBSA geography depending on the score.

Known Limits

PEP does not publish every Census-designated place, so ACS is used as a fallback when no PEP incorporated-place match exists.
Uses place population, not metro-area population or commute-shed population.

Top 10 Locations

Ranked by 100k Population Fit.

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