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Los Angeles vs El Monte

Los Angeles, CA compared with El Monte, CA · 22 miles apart

Los Angeles has 3,869,089 residents to El Monte’s 105,075. Los Angeles comes out ahead on median household income, bachelor's degree +, poverty rate. El Monte does better on median rent, homeownership, average commute.

Los Angeles, CA El Monte, CA
Population 3,869,089 105,075
Density (per sq mi) 8,223 10,995
Median household income $81,939 $68,030
Median home value $921,200 $644,000
Median rent $1,933 $1,736
Homeownership 36% 40.2%
Average commute 30.7 min 27.8 min
Median age 37.2 37.8
Bachelor's degree + 38.5% 15.2%
Poverty rate 16.5% 17.4%
Unemployment 8.2% 6.3%
Price to income 11.2× 9.5×
Clear days a year 61 67
Days above 90°F 3 64

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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