City directory

California cities

Explore the top cities in California. City profiles inherit the same guardrails: risk-first, location-aware, educational, and no forced calls. Use the assessment for personalized context; scores refresh automatically when new data releases publish.

Highest-risk cities

Top cities by relative retirement risk score in California. Higher scores indicate more pressure across longevity, sequence, inflation, healthcare/LTC, tax, and housing.

Lowest-risk cities

Lower scores signal less relative pressure. Scores refresh when new data releases publish.

City directory

Top cities in California by population. Search to see any city.

Los Angeles

CA

65Composite

11,885,717 residents

San Francisco

CA

63Composite

3,364,862 residents

San Diego

CA

61Composite

3,057,778 residents

Riverside

CA

64Composite

2,288,508 residents

Sacramento

CA

66Composite

1,962,998 residents

San Jose

CA

64Composite

1,771,563 residents

Fresno

CA

63Composite

724,547 residents

Mission Viejo

CA

56Composite

634,674 residents

Bakersfield

CA

61Composite

578,542 residents

Concord

CA

64Composite

525,233 residents

Long Beach

CA

59Composite

458,491 residents

Oakland

CA

56Composite

438,072 residents

Stockton

CA

66Composite

416,005 residents

Oxnard

CA

62Composite

373,423 residents

Indio

CA

63Composite

371,926 residents

Victorville

CA

65Composite

363,596 residents

Modesto

CA

70Composite

355,686 residents

Anaheim

CA

63Composite

344,553 residents

Antioch

CA

55Composite

333,347 residents

Santa Ana

CA

65Composite

311,639 residents

Irvine

CA

64Composite

308,160 residents

Santa Rosa

CA

67Composite

299,986 residents

Chula Vista

CA

59Composite

275,030 residents

Santa Clarita

CA

58Composite

265,529 residents

Fremont

CA

65Composite

228,518 residents

San Bernardino

CA

62Composite

221,774 residents

Fontana

CA

62Composite

211,921 residents

Moreno Valley

CA

63Composite

210,378 residents

Thousand Oaks

CA

64Composite

208,302 residents

Huntington Beach

CA

68Composite

196,010 residents

Santa Barbara

CA

62Composite

194,950 residents

Glendale

CA

57Composite

192,270 residents

Ontario

CA

68Composite

178,347 residents

Elk Grove

CA

63Composite

177,221 residents

Hemet

CA

67Composite

176,009 residents

Rancho Cucamonga

CA

63Composite

174,693 residents

Salinas

CA

58Composite

172,995 residents

Oceanside

CA

69Composite

172,542 residents

Vallejo

CA

61Composite

171,414 residents

Garden Grove

CA

64Composite

170,603 residents

Lancaster

CA

66Composite

170,013 residents

Visalia

CA

65Composite

166,273 residents

Palmdale

CA

66Composite

165,487 residents

Santa Cruz

CA

60Composite

165,263 residents

Merced

CA

62Composite

163,257 residents

Hayward

CA

66Composite

159,201 residents

Corona

CA

64Composite

158,839 residents

Sunnyvale

CA

63Composite

153,455 residents

Roseville

CA

67Composite

152,438 residents

Fairfield

CA

61Composite

150,794 residents

Escondido

CA

65Composite

149,913 residents

Pomona

CA

56Composite

148,391 residents

Santa Maria

CA

62Composite

144,857 residents

Torrance

CA

62Composite

143,499 residents

Fullerton

CA

67Composite

141,278 residents

Orange

CA

62Composite

138,723 residents

Pasadena

CA

64Composite

136,462 residents

Santa Clara

CA

64Composite

129,239 residents

Yuba City

CA

63Composite

127,854 residents

Simi Valley

CA

60Composite

126,503 residents