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Lakewood vs Bellflower

Lakewood, CA compared with Bellflower, CA · 3 miles apart

Lakewood has 78,010 residents to Bellflower’s 74,719. Lakewood comes out ahead on median household income, homeownership, average commute. Bellflower does better on median rent.

Lakewood, CA Bellflower, CA
Population 78,010 74,719
Density (per sq mi) 8,304 12,215
Median household income $119,177 $78,722
Median home value $827,200 $705,700
Median rent $2,347 $1,830
Homeownership 71.4% 39.3%
Average commute 28.4 min 29.4 min
Median age 39.4 36
Bachelor's degree + 32.7% 21.6%
Poverty rate 5.8% 13.3%
Unemployment 5.2% 7.6%
Price to income 6.9×

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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