City Comparison
This view is for fair benchmarking, not leaderboard theater. The comparison badge reflects whether the cities are actually similar enough for a strong side-by-side read.
Weak comparison
Use this comparison carefully because size or source-coverage differences limit fairness.
Irvine scores 7 points higher than Newport Beach primarily because it shows lower vendor concentration risk, stronger financial stability, leaner spending allocation.
Irvine leads by 41 points on vendor risk.
Newport Beach leads by 17 points on financial stability.
Irvine leads by 14 points on spending efficiency.
Newport Beach
66
/100
Watchlist
Confidence: High
Reserves are trending upward
Newport Beach shows an improving reserve direction versus recent years.
Vendor concentration is elevated
29.6% of tracked payments flow to the top vendor, which is above the peer median.
Consulting spend is rising faster than staffing
Outside services growth leads staffing by 13.1 points.
Irvine
73
/100
Stable
Confidence: High
Reserve trend is moving the wrong way
Reserve direction is declining, which reduces buffer room if revenue slows.
Source coverage is strong
2 documents are parsed and linked into the score context.
Per-resident burden sits above peers
$5,804 per resident is above the peer midpoint.
Default metrics favor per-resident or share-of-budget framing over raw dollars.
| Metric | Newport Beach | Irvine |
|---|---|---|
| GovMatrix score | 66/100 | 73/100 |
| Administrative overhead | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Top vendor share | 29.6% | 15.1% |
| Budget growth YoY | 6.6% | 40.4% |
| Budget per resident | $5,254 | $5,805 |
| Confidence | High | High |
These six pillars make the overall score explainable instead of mystical.
Financial Stability
Newport Beach 70 • Irvine 53
Newport Beach: Improving reserves and 6.6% budget growth shape this pillar.
Irvine: Declining reserves and 40.4% budget growth shape this pillar.
Spending Efficiency
Newport Beach 66 • Irvine 80
Newport Beach: 0.0% administrative overhead and consulting growth drive this score.
Irvine: 0.0% administrative overhead and consulting growth drive this score.
Transparency
Newport Beach 87 • Irvine 82
Newport Beach: 3/4 documents are parsed into the current dataset.
Irvine: 2/2 documents are parsed into the current dataset.
Vendor Risk
Newport Beach 50 • Irvine 91
Newport Beach: 29.6% top-vendor share and 1 no-bid contracts affect this pillar.
Irvine: 15.1% top-vendor share and 0 no-bid contracts affect this pillar.
Trend / Anomaly
Newport Beach 61 • Irvine 75
Newport Beach: Contracted Services is the biggest growth area at 16.1%.
Irvine: Public Safety Operations is the biggest growth area at 9.6%.
Public Burden
Newport Beach 57 • Irvine 46
Newport Beach: $5,254 per resident frames the current adopted budget.
Irvine: $5,804 per resident frames the current adopted budget.
This chart highlights whether the overall budget trend and outside-services growth are moving together.
Newport Beach
3 machine-readable documents and 1 evidence-linked findings back this score.
Irvine
2 machine-readable documents and 1 evidence-linked findings back this score.