Hawthorne vs Lake Charles
Hawthorne, CA compared with Lake Charles, LA · 1,490 miles apart
Hawthorne has 82,741 residents to Lake Charles’s 82,676. Hawthorne comes out ahead on median household income, poverty rate, clear days a year. Lake Charles does better on median rent, homeownership, average commute.
| Hawthorne, CA | Lake Charles, LA | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 82,741 | 82,676 |
| Density (per sq mi) | 13,593 | 1,741 |
| Median household income | $75,848 | $59,235 |
| Median home value | $863,400 | $214,300 |
| Median rent | $1,782 | $1,109 |
| Homeownership | 27.2% | 60.9% |
| Average commute | 28.3 min | 17 min |
| Median age | 33.9 | 36.6 |
| Bachelor's degree + | 26% | 29.1% |
| Poverty rate | 15.5% | 23.3% |
| Unemployment | 7.9% | 6.6% |
| Price to income | 11.4× | 3.6× |
| Clear days a year | 50 | 41 |
| Days above 90°F | 1 | 54 |
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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