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Huntington Beach vs Fountain Valley

Huntington Beach, CA compared with Fountain Valley, CA · 3 miles apart

Huntington Beach has 191,451 residents to Fountain Valley’s 55,508. Huntington Beach comes out ahead on median household income, median rent, bachelor's degree +. Fountain Valley does better on homeownership, average commute.

Huntington Beach, CA Fountain Valley, CA
Population 191,451 55,508
Density (per sq mi) 7,016 6,119
Median household income $120,919 $115,237
Median home value $1,100,000 $1,072,300
Median rent $2,510 $2,631
Homeownership 55.4% 64.8%
Average commute 28.4 min 26 min
Median age 44 44.4
Bachelor's degree + 49% 46.4%
Poverty rate 7.8% 8%
Unemployment 5.4% 5.6%
Price to income 9.1× 9.3×

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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