Roseville top relocation choice in all of California

Winning combination for this diverse, family and business friendly city

Roseville, Calif. – With the latest numbers from the Census Bureau, we’d love to say we’re surprised, but we are not. When it comes to choosing where to live in California, more people choose Roseville than any other city in this truly Golden State. Lincoln and Folsom also cracked the top 20.

The accolades have been piling up for many years and include a pragmatic and efficiently operated city, a diverse & well educated population, and an ideal location for travel. Toss in a thriving business growth, entertainment & recreation along with safe, family-friendly neighborhoods and you’ve got a winning combination.

California population change

CITY	2020	2023	Change + –
Roseville	147,791	159,135	11,344
Lathrop	28,702	39,857	11,155
Menifee	102,528	113,433	10,905
Bakersfield	404,448	413,381	8,933
Manteca	83,501	91,059	7,558
Merced	86,369	93,692	7,323
Ontario	175,265	182,457	7,192
Fontana	208,402	215,465	7,063
Irvine	307,675	314,621	6,946
Clovis	120,154	125,826	5,672
Beaumont	53,046	58,463	5,417
Tracy	93,119	98,010	4,891
Lincoln	49,747	54,538	4,791
Folsom	80,462	84,782	4,320
Victorville	134,804	138,869	4,065
Indio	89,127	93,057	3,930
Riverside	315,015	318,858	3,843
Moreno Valley	208,640	212,392	3,752
Paradise town	4,763	8,285	3,522
Fresno	542,248	545,716	3,468
Visalia	141,570	144,998	3,428
Rancho Cordova	79,332	82,605	3,273
Santa Clara	127,862	131,062	3,200
Corona	157,155	160,238	3,083
Los Banos	45,533	48,553	3,020
Hollister	41,685	44,658	2,973
Lake Elsinore	70,246	73,028	2,782
Hemet	89,818	92,368	2,550
Oakley	43,353	45,761	2,408
Elk Grove	176,138	178,444	2,306
Jurupa Valley	105,052	107,321	2,269
Tulare	68,909	71,092	2,183
Banning	29,522	31,680	2,158
San Luis Obispo	47,106	49,244	2,138
Shafter	19,958	21,915	1,957
West Sacramento	53,919	55,842	1,923
Perris	78,702	80,603	1,901
Rocklin	71,601	73,472	1,871
Madera	66,281	68,079	1,798
Antioch	115,305	117,096	1,791
Chino	91,389	93,114	1,725
Greenfield	18,938	20,634	1,696
San Bernardino	222,073	223,728	1,655
Coachella	41,937	43,590	1,653
San Jacinto	53,894	55,440	1,546
Sacramento	524,925	526,384	1,459
La Quinta	37,653	39,081	1,428
Duarte	21,723	23,131	1,408
San Diego	1,386,972	1,388,320	1,348
Lodi	66,336	67,679	1,343
Brawley	26,520	27,849	1,329
Patterson	23,786	25,063	1,277
Dinuba	24,612	25,863	1,251
Imperial	20,348	21,591	1,243
Kerman	16,010	17,238	1,228
Brea	47,308	48,479	1,171
Calimesa	10,023	11,165	1,142
Santa Paula	30,674	31,792	1,118
Santa Fe Springs	19,211	20,174	963
Hanford	58,997	59,938	941
Desert Hot Springs	32,500	33,438	938
Murrieta	110,954	111,878	924
Fairfield	119,874	120,768	894
Cathedral	51,500	52,356	856
Stanton	37,964	38,815	851
Brentwood	64,293	65,126	833
Rancho Mirage	16,987	17,795	808
Hesperia	99,838	100,633	795
Palm Desert	51,164	51,951	787
Fillmore	16,423	17,190	767
Eastvale	69,750	70,510	760
Reedley	25,225	25,958	733
Temecula	109,994	110,682	688
Twentynine Palms	28,067	28,734	667
Palm Springs	44,586	45,218	632
Kingsburg	12,382	13,013	631
King	13,333	13,917	584
Winters	7,111	7,694	583
Guadalupe	8,060	8,622	562
Hercules	26,020	26,582	562
Fowler	6,713	7,274	561
Marina	22,350	22,833	483
Livingston	14,178	14,643	465
Firebaugh	8,096	8,547	451
Modesto	218,487	218,915	428
Woodlake	7,441	7,846	405
Avenal	13,695	14,075	380
Live Oak	9,110	9,443	333
Loma Linda	24,786	25,111	325
Dixon	18,988	19,309	321
Truckee town	16,722	17,039	317
Wheatland	3,710	4,022	312
Santa Maria	109,697	109,987	290
Ione	5,144	5,431	287
Chowchilla	19,052	19,328	276
Hughson	7,483	7,683	200
Wildomar	36,890	37,087	197
Waterford	9,127	9,323	196
Arcata	18,847	19,012	165
Adelanto	38,042	38,187	145
Vacaville	102,386	102,526	140
Rohnert Park	44,407	44,546	139
Riverbank	24,866	25,001	135
Galt	25,637	25,767	130
Ridgecrest	27,959	28,088	129
Rio Vista	10,016	10,145	129
Colusa	6,400	6,527	127
Jackson	5,010	5,132	122
Los Alamitos	11,780	11,901	121
Lakeport	5,029	5,135	106
Indian Wells	4,769	4,862	93
Angels	3,661	3,752	91
Atwater	31,966	32,052	86
Delano	51,416	51,500	84
Williams	5,538	5,617	79
Nevada	3,149	3,224	75
Woodland	61,050	61,123	73
Sutter Creek	2,651	2,718	67
Porterville	62,810	62,876	66
Colfax	1,987	2,050	63
Plymouth	1,077	1,131	54
Ripon	16,018	16,068	50
Portola	2,096	2,124	28
San Juan Bautista	2,086	2,106	20
Canyon Lake	11,079	11,096	17
Sand	322	328	6
Amador	200	204	4
Yreka	7,808	7,808	0
Huron	6,386	6,377	-9
Industry	266	257	-9
Loyalton	738	728	-10
Tehama	434	424	-10
Trinidad	337	325	-12
Vernon	221	209	-12
Ferndale	1,402	1,389	-13
Point Arena	464	451	-13
Mammoth Lakes town	7,201	7,187	-14
Maricopa	1,024	1,009	-15
Grass Valley	14,090	14,074	-16
Santa Ana	310,557	310,539	-18
Isleton	798	777	-21
Monte Sereno	3,481	3,459	-22
Etna	677	653	-24
Fort Jones	698	673	-25
Lake Forest	85,868	85,840	-28
Goleta	32,695	32,665	-30
Dorris	863	832	-31
Bradbury	925	892	-33
Tulelake	902	867	-35
Big Bear Lake	5,043	5,007	-36
Irwindale	1,466	1,426	-40
Westmorland	2,021	1,981	-40
Montague	1,223	1,182	-41
Blue Lake	1,214	1,172	-42
Del Rey Oaks	1,592	1,550	-42
Mount Shasta	3,224	3,179	-45
Biggs	1,968	1,921	-47
Gustine	6,149	6,099	-50
Hidden Hills	1,738	1,685	-53
Loomis town	6,832	6,779	-53
Ross town	2,343	2,290	-53
Alturas	2,715	2,657	-58
Holtville	5,615	5,555	-60
Lemon Grove	27,631	27,569	-62
Dunsmuir	1,706	1,642	-64
Mendota	12,595	12,530	-65
Fort Bragg	6,986	6,919	-67
Vista	98,411	98,344	-67
Rio Dell	3,377	3,308	-69
San Joaquin	3,751	3,679	-72
Yountville	3,429	3,356	-73
Atascadero	29,776	29,700	-76
Yucca Valley town	21,740	21,664	-76
Bishop	3,821	3,742	-79
Belvedere	2,132	2,050	-82
Del Mar	3,950	3,867	-83
Placerville	10,743	10,656	-87
Dos Palos	5,799	5,708	-91
Sonora	5,009	4,917	-92
Colma town	1,503	1,407	-96
Rolling Hills	1,740	1,644	-96
Needles	4,929	4,824	-105
Shasta Lake	10,368	10,262	-106
Carmel-by-the-Sea	3,213	3,104	-109
Sonoma	10,730	10,619	-111
Escalon	7,470	7,355	-115
Auburn	13,777	13,658	-119
Anderson	11,330	11,210	-120
Exeter	10,327	10,206	-121
Arvin	19,489	19,364	-125
Pismo Beach	8,074	7,948	-126
Wasco	27,050	26,917	-133
Willows	6,293	6,160	-133
Oakdale	23,186	23,045	-141
Orinda	19,505	19,364	-141
Sebastopol	7,521	7,380	-141
Willits	4,986	4,843	-143
Gridley	7,419	7,269	-150
Lindsay	12,649	12,496	-153
Orange Cove	9,651	9,497	-154
Solvang	6,124	5,970	-154
Parlier	14,582	14,426	-156
St. Helena	5,428	5,272	-156
Grover Beach	12,706	12,547	-159
Ojai	7,628	7,466	-162
Cotati	7,595	7,430	-165
Farmersville	10,408	10,243	-165
Marysville	12,839	12,674	-165
Buellton	5,160	4,990	-170
Calistoga	5,228	5,058	-170
Emeryville	12,902	12,732	-170
Morro Bay	10,759	10,589	-170
Corning	8,243	8,069	-174
Villa Park	5,838	5,664	-174
Orland	8,308	8,132	-176
Fairfax town	7,598	7,417	-181
Newman	12,388	12,207	-181
Cloverdale	9,008	8,825	-183
McFarland	14,236	14,049	-187
Arroyo Grande	18,436	18,243	-193
Avalon	3,454	3,261	-193
Clearlake	16,687	16,481	-206
Grand Terrace	13,146	12,939	-207
Selma	24,676	24,467	-209
Healdsburg	11,350	11,137	-213
Rancho Cucamonga	174,625	174,405	-220
Coalinga	17,600	17,369	-231
Fortuna	12,518	12,285	-233
Rolling Hills Estates	8,275	8,033	-242
Sausalito	7,266	7,021	-245
Lemoore	27,062	26,809	-253
Portola Valley town	4,458	4,204	-254
South Lake Tahoe	21,336	21,079	-257
Blythe	18,304	18,045	-259
Solana Beach	12,940	12,675	-265
Woodside town	5,305	5,037	-268
Brisbane	4,853	4,577	-276
Sanger	26,622	26,343	-279
Corte Madera town	10,228	9,947	-281
Weed	2,862	2,574	-288
Red Bluff	14,715	14,413	-302
Corcoran	22,355	22,044	-311
Tiburon town	9,158	8,846	-312
La Habra Heights	5,681	5,368	-313
Clayton	11,071	10,754	-317
Gonzales	8,649	8,327	-322
Los Altos Hills town	8,513	8,189	-324
Moraga town	16,879	16,547	-332
San Anselmo town	12,831	12,498	-333
Montclair	37,886	37,545	-341
Upland	79,040	78,699	-341
Pacific Grove	15,101	14,757	-344
Scotts Valley	12,226	11,879	-347
Lafayette	25,399	25,048	-351
El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles)	31,493	31,134	-359
Atherton town	7,186	6,823	-363
Capitola	9,940	9,572	-368
Malibu	10,650	10,277	-373
Calexico	38,616	38,224	-392
El Cerrito	25,955	25,552	-403
Carpinteria	13,263	12,828	-435
Mill Valley	14,229	13,792	-437
Barstow	25,409	24,964	-445
San Juan Capistrano	35,199	34,754	-445
Westlake Village	8,026	7,573	-453
Larkspur	13,053	12,589	-464
Calipatria	6,662	6,188	-474
American Canyon	21,841	21,347	-494
Hillsborough town	11,383	10,883	-500
South El Monte	19,561	19,032	-529
San Marino	12,508	11,977	-531
Windsor town	26,359	25,828	-531
Colton	53,891	53,357	-534
Dana Point	33,103	32,567	-536
Placentia	52,732	52,192	-540
Pinole	19,025	18,481	-544
Ukiah	16,627	16,072	-555
La Palma	15,588	15,029	-559
Sierra Madre	11,274	10,713	-561
Santee	60,047	59,478	-569
Danville town	43,573	42,999	-574
La Mesa	61,118	60,537	-581
Turlock	72,697	72,100	-597
Newark	47,528	46,929	-599
San Fernando	23,963	23,364	-599
Signal Hill	11,851	11,249	-602
Yucaipa	54,550	53,947	-603
Pittsburg	76,409	75,803	-606
Redlands	73,170	72,556	-614
Piedmont	11,277	10,635	-642
Laguna Woods	17,651	16,998	-653
Rialto	104,047	103,391	-656
Oroville	20,106	19,449	-657
Imperial Beach	26,131	25,458	-673
San Marcos	94,861	94,188	-673
Commerce	12,362	11,672	-690
Half Moon Bay	11,803	11,105	-698
Laguna Beach	23,031	22,332	-699
Benicia	27,135	26,429	-706
Palos Verdes Estates	13,354	12,646	-708
Port Hueneme	21,958	21,217	-741
Hawaiian Gardens	14,142	13,396	-746
Moorpark	36,290	35,543	-747
Mountain View	82,533	81,785	-748
Apple Valley town	75,786	75,036	-750
El Centro	44,538	43,772	-766
Suisun	29,517	28,743	-774
Poway	48,836	48,051	-785
Highland	56,994	56,202	-792
Artesia	16,393	15,597	-796
Agoura Hills	20,295	19,474	-821
El Segundo	17,269	16,445	-824
Pleasant Hill	34,628	33,802	-826
Eureka	26,563	25,734	-829
San Pablo	32,120	31,249	-871
Redding	93,603	92,727	-876
Martinez	37,273	36,395	-878
Seal Beach	25,232	24,352	-880
Norco	26,298	25,398	-900
Ceres	49,298	48,397	-901
National	56,163	55,236	-927
Walnut Creek	70,112	69,152	-960
Petaluma	59,785	58,800	-985
Soledad	24,932	23,947	-985
Morgan Hill	45,479	44,478	-1,001
Calabasas	23,239	22,227	-1,012
Davis	66,859	65,832	-1,027
La Cañada Flintridge	20,571	19,538	-1,033
Crescent	6,674	5,611	-1,063
Seaside	32,384	31,317	-1,067
Cudahy	22,804	21,723	-1,081
Hermosa Beach	19,736	18,641	-1,095
Monterey	30,228	29,116	-1,112
Laguna Hills	31,369	30,243	-1,126
Millbrae	23,213	22,087	-1,126
Encinitas	62,001	60,841	-1,160
Lomita	20,945	19,782	-1,163
Chula Vista	275,499	274,333	-1,166
	14,971	13,802	-1,169
Monrovia	37,938	36,768	-1,170
Albany	20,271	19,097	-1,174
Chino Hills	78,429	77,212	-1,217
Camarillo	70,738	69,514	-1,224
Carlsbad	114,737	113,495	-1,242
Simi Valley	126,367	125,113	-1,254
Stockton	320,806	319,543	-1,263
Gilroy	59,534	58,250	-1,284
Maywood	25,123	23,824	-1,299
South Pasadena	26,941	25,623	-1,318
Los Gatos town	33,540	32,216	-1,324
Walnut	28,437	27,104	-1,333
Citrus Heights	87,578	86,239	-1,339
Cypress	50,145	48,782	-1,363
San Ramon	86,331	84,929	-1,402
Lompoc	44,449	43,045	-1,404
West Hollywood	35,761	34,349	-1,412
Saratoga	31,041	29,607	-1,434
Laguna Niguel	64,347	62,899	-1,448
Santa Cruz	62,969	61,501	-1,468
Burlingame	31,386	29,910	-1,476
Los Altos	31,467	29,990	-1,477
Novato	53,208	51,722	-1,486
La Puente	38,056	36,516	-1,540
Yuba	70,223	68,666	-1,557
Orange	139,904	138,337	-1,567
Fountain Valley	57,052	55,468	-1,584
Taft	8,553	6,961	-1,592
Claremont	37,263	35,640	-1,623
Foster	33,806	32,180	-1,626
Temple	36,480	34,854	-1,626
Lawndale	31,826	30,155	-1,671
San Buenaventura (Ventura)	110,738	109,058	-1,680
La Verne	31,582	29,898	-1,684
Bell	33,562	31,864	-1,698
Belmont	28,329	26,622	-1,707
Beverly Hills	32,699	30,974	-1,725
Culver	40,767	39,041	-1,726
San Rafael	61,281	59,555	-1,726
Watsonville	52,596	50,867	-1,729
Coronado	20,196	18,437	-1,759
Rancho Santa Margarita	47,963	46,182	-1,781
San Dimas	34,912	33,105	-1,807
Napa	79,302	77,492	-1,810
East Palo Alto	30,040	28,216	-1,824
San Gabriel	39,574	37,732	-1,842
San Carlos	30,725	28,862	-1,863
Rosemead	51,187	49,305	-1,882
Aliso Viejo	52,172	50,263	-1,909
San Clemente	64,283	62,313	-1,970
Chico	103,277	101,301	-1,976
Bell Gardens	39,514	37,467	-2,047
Tehachapi	12,934	10,881	-2,053
Buena Park	84,016	81,958	-2,058
Azusa	50,350	48,272	-2,078
Menlo Park	33,784	31,690	-2,094
La Habra	63,118	60,991	-2,127
Manhattan Beach	35,503	33,369	-2,134
Yorba Linda	68,316	66,147	-2,169
Westminster	90,919	88,729	-2,190
Pacifica	38,636	36,426	-2,210
Richmond	116,324	114,106	-2,218
Campbell	43,956	41,700	-2,256
Tustin	79,967	77,704	-2,263
Santa Rosa	178,123	175,845	-2,278
Rancho Palos Verdes	42,277	39,980	-2,297
Santa Barbara	88,801	86,499	-2,302
La Mirada	47,983	45,505	-2,478
Arcadia	56,665	54,157	-2,508
Covina	51,274	48,728	-2,546
San Bruno	43,889	41,327	-2,562
Newport Beach	85,234	82,637	-2,597
Montebello	62,629	60,015	-2,614
Gardena	61,021	58,377	-2,644
Glendora	52,581	49,934	-2,647
South Gate	92,727	90,070	-2,657
Paramount	53,748	51,072	-2,676
Palo Alto	68,587	65,882	-2,705
Cerritos	49,573	46,797	-2,776
Pico Rivera	62,077	59,189	-2,888
Alameda	78,282	75,353	-2,929
Huntington Park	54,886	51,942	-2,944
Milpitas	80,272	77,321	-2,951
Escondido	151,077	148,122	-2,955
South San Francisco	66,096	63,123	-2,973
Mission Viejo	93,636	90,624	-3,012
Diamond Bar	55,068	52,041	-3,027
Cupertino	60,365	57,285	-3,080
Alhambra	82,868	79,776	-3,092
Concord	125,416	122,315	-3,101
Santa Monica	93,074	89,922	-3,152
Whittier	87,299	84,143	-3,156
El Cajon	106,187	102,991	-3,196
Monterey Park	61,110	57,877	-3,233
Vallejo	126,085	122,807	-3,278
Redwood	84,306	80,996	-3,310
Baldwin Park	72,173	68,806	-3,367
Dublin	72,586	69,128	-3,458
Thousand Oaks	126,967	123,463	-3,504
Costa Mesa	111,923	108,354	-3,569
Oxnard	202,071	198,488	-3,583
Sunnyvale	155,627	151,967	-3,660
Garden Grove	171,980	168,234	-3,746
Redondo Beach	71,569	67,749	-3,820
West Covina	109,503	105,617	-3,886
Lynwood	67,253	63,234	-4,019
Salinas	163,540	159,506	-4,034
Oceanside	174,059	170,020	-4,039
Susanville	16,735	12,689	-4,046
Bellflower	79,212	75,122	-4,090
Oakland	440,669	436,504	-4,165
Fremont	230,494	226,208	-4,286
San Mateo	105,665	101,327	-4,338
Lakewood	82,498	78,135	-4,363
Fullerton	143,639	139,250	-4,389
Carson	95,548	91,139	-4,409
Burbank	107,332	102,755	-4,577
Norwalk	102,763	98,078	-4,685
Hawthorne	88,077	83,364	-4,713
Union	70,143	65,414	-4,729
Compton	95,720	90,986	-4,734
Inglewood	107,765	102,865	-4,900
Livermore	87,970	82,908	-5,062
Daly	104,973	99,833	-5,140
Pasadena	138,723	133,560	-5,163
Pleasanton	79,856	74,653	-5,203
San Leandro	90,999	85,784	-5,215
Berkeley	124,326	118,962	-5,364
Downey	114,354	108,816	-5,538
El Monte	109,445	103,794	-5,651
Pomona	151,470	145,502	-5,968
Anaheim	346,816	340,512	-6,304
Huntington Beach	198,721	192,129	-6,592
Hayward	162,947	155,675	-7,272
Lancaster	173,508	166,236	-7,272
Torrance	146,955	139,224	-7,731
Palmdale	169,413	161,404	-8,009
Santa Clarita	232,804	224,028	-8,776
Glendale	196,523	187,050	-9,473
Long Beach	466,772	449,468	-17,304
San Jose	1,013,241	969,655	-43,586
San Francisco	873,950	808,988	-64,962
Los Angeles	3,898,841	3,820,914	-77,927

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