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East Los Angeles vs Monterey Park

East Los Angeles, CA compared with Monterey Park, CA · 2 miles apart

East Los Angeles has 111,647 residents to Monterey Park’s 57,457. East Los Angeles comes out ahead on median rent, price to income. Monterey Park does better on median household income, homeownership, average commute.

East Los Angeles, CA Monterey Park, CA
Population 111,647 57,457
Density (per sq mi) 14,980 7,489
Median household income $68,741 $81,855
Median home value $643,100 $863,000
Median rent $1,494 $1,888
Homeownership 33.5% 51.6%
Average commute 30.2 min 28.4 min
Median age 34.7 45.5
Bachelor's degree + 11.4% 36.2%
Poverty rate 17.3% 12.4%
Unemployment 6.8% 6.1%
Price to income 9.4× 10.5×

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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