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.
Strong comparison
Population size, geography, and source coverage make this a strong like-for-like comparison.
Newport Beach scores 0 points higher than Westminster primarily because it shows better source transparency, fewer anomaly signals, lighter public burden.
Newport Beach leads by 56 points on transparency.
Westminster leads by 28 points on trend / anomaly.
Westminster leads by 26 points on public burden.
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.
Westminster
66
/100
Watchlist
Confidence: Limited
Reserves are trending upward
Westminster shows an improving reserve direction versus recent years.
Some evidence is still low-confidence
0 source documents still need review, which limits precision.
Budget growth remains near peer range
3.2% year-over-year growth is not a major outlier within the peer set.
Default metrics favor per-resident or share-of-budget framing over raw dollars.
| Metric | Newport Beach | Westminster |
|---|---|---|
| GovMatrix score | 66/100 | 66/100 |
| Administrative overhead | 0.0% | 24.7% |
| Top vendor share | 29.6% | 14.0% |
| Budget growth YoY | 6.6% | 3.2% |
| Budget per resident | $5,254 | $1,471 |
| Confidence | High | Limited |
These six pillars make the overall score explainable instead of mystical.
Financial Stability
Newport Beach 70 • Westminster 82
Newport Beach: Improving reserves and 6.6% budget growth shape this pillar.
Westminster: Improving reserves and 3.2% budget growth shape this pillar.
Spending Efficiency
Newport Beach 66 • Westminster 90
Newport Beach: 0.0% administrative overhead and consulting growth drive this score.
Westminster: 24.7% administrative overhead and consulting growth drive this score.
Transparency
Newport Beach 87 • Westminster 31
Newport Beach: 3/4 documents are parsed into the current dataset.
Westminster: 0/1 documents are parsed into the current dataset.
Vendor Risk
Newport Beach 50 • Westminster 73
Newport Beach: 29.6% top-vendor share and 1 no-bid contracts affect this pillar.
Westminster: 14.0% top-vendor share and 1 no-bid contracts affect this pillar.
Trend / Anomaly
Newport Beach 61 • Westminster 89
Newport Beach: Contracted Services is the biggest growth area at 16.1%.
Westminster: Public Works is the biggest growth area at 8.0%.
Public Burden
Newport Beach 57 • Westminster 83
Newport Beach: $5,254 per resident frames the current adopted budget.
Westminster: $1,470 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.
Westminster
Limited source coverage means the score is heavily compressed toward neutral and should be treated as directional.