America's 100 Fastest-Growing suburbs: 2000-2006

[Jaggerjack]

Rank   City   State   2000   2006   %
1   Lincoln   California   11,746   39,566   236.80%
2   Buckeye   Arizona   10,147   29,615   191.90%
3   Surprise   Arizona   32,342   85,914   165.60%
4   Goodyear   Arizona   19,495   47,359   142.90%
5   Plainfield   Illinois   13,666   31,968   133.90%
6   Beaumont   California   11,549   26,625   130.50%
7   Frisco   Texas   35,299   80,499   128.00%
8   Wylie   Texas   15,619   32,696   109.30%
9   Avondale   Arizona   37,261   75,403   102.40%
10   Woodstock   Georgia   10,697   21,482   100.80%
11   Cedar Park   Texas   26,926   52,058   93.30%
12   Brentwood   California   24,757   47,547   92.10%
13   McKinney   Texas   56,087   107,530   91.70%
14   Oswego   Illinois   13,814   26,252   90.00%
15   Castle Rock   Colorado   20,907   39,682   89.80%
16   Commerce   Colorado   21,437   38,887   81.40%
17   Murrieta   California   51,678   90,457   75.00%
18   Holly Springs   North Carolina   10,017   17,425   74.00%
19   Winter Garden   Florida   15,590   27,045   73.50%
20   Wake Forest   North Carolina   13,080   22,651   73.20%
21   Rockwall   Texas   18,610   32,224   73.20%
22   Sachse   Texas   10,257   17,597   71.60%
23   Pflugerville   Texas   17,451   29,747   70.50%
24   Gilbert   Arizona   112,766   191,517   69.80%
25   Homestead   Florida   31,950   53,767   68.30%
26   La Quinta   California   24,606   41,328   68.00%
27   Parker   Colorado   24,717   41,406   67.50%
28   North Las Vegas   Nevada   117,953   197,567   67.50%
29   Romeoville   Illinois   22,000   36,837   67.40%
30   Corinth   Texas   11,738   19,556   66.60%
31   Newnan   Georgia   16,451   27,097   64.70%
32   Parkland   Florida   14,209   23,329   64.20%
33   Allen   Texas   45,097   73,298   62.50%
34   Pearland   Texas   42,276   68,305   61.60%
35   Fishers   Indiana   38,921   61,840   58.90%
36   Frankfort   Illinois   10,670   16,928   58.70%
37   Elk Grove   California   81,707   129,184   58.10%
38   Coachella   California   22,881   36,145   58.00%
39   Shakopee   Minnesota   21,098   32,865   55.80%
40   Indio   California   49,618   76,896   55.00%
41   Lockport   Illinois   15,467   23,840   54.10%
42   Lake Elsinore   California   29,241   45,033   54.00%
43   Victorville   California   64,589   98,662   52.80%
44   Crest Hill   Illinois   13,640   20,516   50.40%
45   Adelanto   California   18,199   27,105   48.90%
46   Huntersville   North Carolina   26,086   38,796   48.70%
47   The Colony   Texas   27,073   40,206   48.50%
48   South Jordan   Utah   29,710   44,009   48.10%
49   Round Rock   Texas   62,572   92,392   47.70%
50   Saginaw   Texas   12,704   18,739   47.50%
51   Cornelius   North Carolina   13,890   20,449   47.20%
52   Raymore   Missouri   11,290   16,544   46.50%
53   San Jacinto   California   23,955   35,060   46.40%
54   Mansfield   Texas   28,424   41,564   46.20%
55   George   Texas   29,128   42,467   45.80%
56   Miramar   Florida   74,531   108,072   45.00%
57   Kennesaw   Georgia   21,362   30,936   44.80%
58   Burleson   Texas   21,887   31,660   44.70%
59   Draper   Utah   25,518   36,873   44.50%
60   O'Fallon   Missouri   50,351   72,477   43.90%
61   La Vergne   Tennessee   18,935   27,255   43.90%
62   Farmington   Minnesota   12,655   18,207   43.90%
63   Apex   North Carolina   21,042   30,208   43.60%
64   Douglasville   Georgia   20,148   28,870   43.30%
65   League   Texas   45,929   65,351   42.30%
66   Sherwood   Oregon   11,998   17,068   42.30%
67   Avon   Ohio   11,608   16,455   41.80%
68   Royal Palm Beach   Florida   21,838   30,851   41.30%
69   Perris   California   36,402   51,397   41.20%
70   Riverton   Utah   25,242   35,543   40.80%
71   Southaven   Mississippi   29,483   41,295   40.10%
72   Wellington   Florida   39,297   54,993   39.90%
73   Union   Georgia   11,728   16,407   39.90%
74   Brighton   Colorado   21,294   29,750   39.70%
75   Prior Lake   Minnesota   16,331   22,674   38.80%
76   Temecula   California   64,580   89,392   38.40%
77   Rosemount   Minnesota   14,826   20,468   38.10%
78   Missouri   Texas   53,372   73,679   38.00%
79   West Sacramento   California   32,035   44,162   37.90%
80   Sugar Hill   Georgia   11,753   16,170   37.60%
81   San Marcos   California   55,793   76,501   37.10%
82   Desert Hot Springs   California   16,648   22,824   37.10%
83   Mount Juliet   Tennessee   14,160   19,369   36.80%
84   Dublin   California   30,659   41,840   36.50%
85   Acworth   Georgia   13,801   18,790   36.10%
86   Noblesville   Indiana   29,489   40,115   36.00%
87   North Aurora   Illinois   10,987   14,930   35.90%
88   Camas   Washington   12,914   17,480   35.40%
89   Issaquah   Washington   13,586   18,373   35.20%
90   Rocklin   California   37,264   50,131   34.50%
91   Schertz   Texas   21,030   28,289   34.50%
92   Buffalo   Minnesota   10,308   13,853   34.40%
93   Palm Beach Gardens   Florida   36,397   48,914   34.40%
94   Henderson   Nevada   179,193   240,614   34.30%
95   Lake St. Louis   Missouri   10,209   13,708   34.30%
96   Terrell   Texas   13,799   18,506   34.10%
97   Chandler   Arizona   179,752   240,595   33.80%
98   Springboro   Ohio   12,694   16,963   33.60%
99   Independence   Kentucky   15,169   20,254   33.50%
100   Elk River   Minnesota   16,700   22,285   33.40%
Sorry if this has already been posted.

[Alcon]

Cool

Minimum requirements for list inclusion being a starting population of 10,000 and a location within proximity to a metropolitan area of 50,000 or more?

[Jaggerjack]

Cool

Minimum requirements for list inclusion being a starting population of 10,000 and a location within proximity to a metropolitan area of 50,000 or more?

I think so, otherwise, Maricopa, Arizona (CDP) would probably have been at the top of the list (around 1,000 in 2000, 30,000 or so in 2006)

[Alcon]

Where'd you get a CDP growth estimate?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

And what do you know, they all suck.

One of the Minnesota ones is home to a religious-based bank where the staff offer to pray with you when you take out loans. No, I am not making this up.

[Jaggerjack]

And what do you know, they all suck.

One of the Minnesota ones is home to a religious-based bank where the staff offer to pray with you when you take out loans. No, I am not making this up.

They're not all that bad; Dublin and West Sacramento actually voted Democratic in 2004.

Where'd you get a CDP growth estimate?

Let me check...

Wait. It's Wikipedia. Never mind.

[Alcon]

Excluding majority-Hispanic ones, these are the only ones I was able to verify as voting for Kerry:

Desert Hot Springs, California (51-48 Kerry)
Dublin, California (57-42 Kerry)
Issaquah, Washington (56-43 Kerry)
North Las Vegas, Nevada
West Sacramento, California (53-45 Kerry)

Am I missing any possibilities?  Avondale, Arizona, may be one.

[Jaggerjack]

I think in that lib/conservative cities study, it listed North Vegas as going for Kerry.

[jokerman]

Shoudn't Bentonville, AR and Cabot, AR be on here?  They grew 49% and 38% respectively between 2000 and 2006.

[Jaggerjack]

Shoudn't Bentonville, AR and Cabot, AR be on here?  They grew 49% and 38% respectively between 2000 and 2006.

Hm. That IS odd. Guess they skipped Arkansas for some reason.

[Alcon]

I think in that lib/conservative cities study, it listed North Vegas as going for Kerry.

Oops, I even knew that.  North Las Vegas voted Kerry more strongly than Las Vegas itself.  I forgot to put it on the mini-list.  Unfortunately, I lost the spreadsheet with the exact results.  But I added it anyway.  Thanks. 

[Tender Branson]

I´ve heard other about Surprise, AZ. They are claiming that their population already topped the 100.000 in August 2006 and that the Federal Census Bureau underestimates their population incease.

The Census Bureau July '06 estimate for Surprise, AZ, was 86.000 inhabitants

The AZ State Demographer July '06 estimate for Surprise, AZ, was 98.000 inhabitants

Anyway: Some cities in AZ and NV are among the fastest growing in the world, even topping the booming cities of Dubai or some third-world cities like Kampala in Uganda. For example Surprise, AZ is growing with 20% (!!!) each year.

Pretty amazing this growth.

[Jaggerjack]

Apparently, Desert Hot Springs, Perris, and Indio also voted Democratic (however narrowly). Coachella went strongly Democratic.

[Alcon]

Apparently, Desert Hot Springs, Perris, and Indio also voted Democratic (however narrowly). Coachella went strongly Democratic.

Perris, Indio and Coachella are all Hispanic.  Desert Hot Springs is plurality non-hispanic white, though - that's an interesting case.  It may just be that hispanic turnout there is unusually strong.  I'm still surprised, though.

This tells you a lot about the growth in these areas.  Bush's performance change:

Coachella: 13% to 25%
Desert Hot Springs: 43% to 49%
Indio: 37% to 48%
Perris: 34% to 42%

[Cubby]

Interesting List

I'm happy to see 2 places in Illinois in the top 20. I know Will and Kendall Counties are growing very rapidly (extremely fast by frostbelt standards), but I have no idea why. They want to build a new International Airport in Will to replace O'Hare, but as far as I know, its still in the planning stage.

The Census Bureau doesn't do estimates for CDP's, so they must be using local or state data from another source.

[muon2]

Interesting List

I'm happy to see 2 places in Illinois in the top 20. I know Will and Kendall Counties are growing very rapidly (extremely fast by frostbelt standards), but I have no idea why. They want to build a new International Airport in Will to replace O'Hare, but as far as I know, its still in the planning stage.

The Census Bureau doesn't do estimates for CDP's, so they must be using local or state data from another source.

All seven of the IL communities listed in the top 100 here are in the SW suburbs (Will, Kendall, Kane Cos.) They are the natural expansion of residences for the jobs in the SW communities of Aurora, Naperville, Downers Grove and Oak Brook (and others primarily in Du Page Co.) where housing has become too expensive.

The proposed airport is actually quite a bit east of the high growth area. However it would create a new job area accessible the the relatively poor and increasingly African American communities in south Cook. The airport would not replace O'Hare, but augment it, much like Newark augmented JFK and LaGuardia in NYC when it was upgraded in the 80s.

[Cubby]

All seven of the IL communities listed in the top 100 here are in the SW suburbs (Will, Kendall, Kane Cos.) They are the natural expansion of residences for the jobs in the SW communities of Aurora, Naperville, Downers Grove and Oak Brook (and others primarily in Du Page Co.) where housing has become too expensive.

But for these towns to be among the 100 fastest growing in the nation, there must be other factors at play. There must be very low unemployment or some type of industry there that is doing well.

DuPage seems similar to Nassau County, NY. It has a small land area, is densely populated (by suburban standards), its an inner suburb that has no room left to expand, and is trending Democrat.

The proposed airport is actually quite a bit east of the high growth area. However it would create a new job area accessible the the relatively poor and increasingly African American communities in south Cook. The airport would not replace O'Hare, but augment it, much like Newark augmented JFK and LaGuardia in NYC when it was upgraded in the 80s.

Well I wish they would just go ahead and build it. They seem to have been arguing about it for years. IIRC, the alternative was to build a new airport in Gary but I can understand why people would want to avoid that area. (Very High Crime).

[ottermax]

My city's on there only because we annexed most of our surrounding area and the mayor has no clue on how to develop a city in a controlled manner.

[jimrtex]

The proposed airport is actually quite a bit east of the high growth area. However it would create a new job area accessible the the relatively poor and increasingly African American communities in south Cook. The airport would not replace O'Hare, but augment it, much like Newark augmented JFK and LaGuardia in NYC when it was upgraded in the 80s.

Would it have an effect on Midway?  Or is Midway too limited in capacity?

[minionofmidas]

Cool

Minimum requirements for list inclusion being a starting population of 10,000 and a location within proximity to a metropolitan area of 50,000 or more?

Starting pop. of 10,000, inclusion in a MetroArea (and possibly: not the central city of a MetroArea) would be my guess...

[bgwah]

My city's on there only because we annexed most of our surrounding area and the mayor has no clue on how to develop a city in a controlled manner.

Yes. Though Issaquah is indeed growing fast, much of the growth has been from a couple big annexations. Once construction on the Highlands is completed and if they annex Klahanie, Issaquah could hit 40,000.

But I don't really see what relevance a list of fastest-growing suburbs has.. If a small town goes from 10,000 to 20,000 because it is a suburb in a metropolitan area with a population in the millions with its growth focused outwards (towards previously agricultural areas, swallowing the occasional small town along the way), then it is silly to analyze the growth of these areas and not the entire metropolitan areas. It is also silly to include annexations, as this is not real growth but merely a change in a city's boundaries.

[muon2]

The proposed airport is actually quite a bit east of the high growth area. However it would create a new job area accessible the the relatively poor and increasingly African American communities in south Cook. The airport would not replace O'Hare, but augment it, much like Newark augmented JFK and LaGuardia in NYC when it was upgraded in the 80s.

Would it have an effect on Midway?  Or is Midway too limited in capacity?

Midway has limited capacity and modest runways, and no prospect for expansion. However, it's in the city and will remain an attactive location for discount airlines like Southwest.

[memphis]

Southaven is such a craphole! Plus, it's right next to a really bad part of Memphis, thereby defeating the entire purpose of living in the suburbs. It's definately going to be a ghetto in 20 years.

[Aizen]

Rank   City   State   2000   2006   %
4   Goodyear   Arizona   19,495   47,359   142.90%
15   Castle Rock   Colorado   20,907   39,682   89.80%

I used to live in Castle Rock so I'm not too surprised about that. Goodyear is where my uncle lives. Arizona is just crazy with all the growth it's getting.

[Undisguised Sockpuppet]

Suburbia and mass settlement of the southwest won't be a factor much longer.