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East Los Angeles vs Santa Maria

East Los Angeles, CA compared with Santa Maria, CA · 144 miles apart

East Los Angeles has 111,647 residents to Santa Maria’s 111,390. East Los Angeles comes out ahead on median rent, unemployment, clear days a year. Santa Maria does better on median household income, homeownership, average commute.

East Los Angeles, CA Santa Maria, CA
Population 111,647 111,390
Density (per sq mi) 14,980 4,883
Median household income $68,741 $84,746
Median home value $643,100 $531,700
Median rent $1,494 $1,925
Homeownership 33.5% 50.2%
Average commute 30.2 min 22.4 min
Median age 34.7 29.3
Bachelor's degree + 11.4% 15.7%
Poverty rate 17.3% 17.3%
Unemployment 6.8% 7.3%
Price to income 9.4× 6.3×
Clear days a year 75 48
Days above 90°F 53 13

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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