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Daly City vs South San Francisco

Daly City, CA compared with South San Francisco, CA · 6 miles apart

Daly City has 101,261 residents to South San Francisco’s 64,941. Daly City comes out ahead on median rent, homeownership. South San Francisco does better on median household income, average commute, bachelor's degree +.

Daly City, CA South San Francisco, CA
Population 101,261 64,941
Density (per sq mi) 13,237 7,056
Median household income $123,547 $136,578
Median home value $1,115,000 $1,188,800
Median rent $2,551 $2,802
Homeownership 60.2% 59%
Average commute 28.8 min 25.6 min
Median age 42.6 43.2
Bachelor's degree + 38.9% 40.8%
Poverty rate 7.7% 6.7%
Unemployment 5.3% 2.8%
Price to income 8.7×

Highlighted where one city is clearly better on that measure. Population, density, home value and median age carry no highlight — a higher number there is good or bad depending on what you want.

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