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Los Angeles vs Glendale

Los Angeles, CA compared with Glendale, CA · 15 miles apart

Los Angeles has 3,869,089 residents to Glendale’s 187,160. Los Angeles comes out ahead on median rent, homeownership, unemployment. Glendale does better on median household income, average commute, bachelor's degree +.

Los Angeles, CA Glendale, CA
Population 3,869,089 187,160
Density (per sq mi) 8,223 6,141
Median household income $81,939 $88,393
Median home value $921,200 $1,102,300
Median rent $1,933 $2,182
Homeownership 36% 35.2%
Average commute 30.7 min 27.1 min
Median age 37.2 41.4
Bachelor's degree + 38.5% 47.2%
Poverty rate 16.5% 12.9%
Unemployment 8.2% 8.3%
Price to income 11.2× 12.5×
Clear days a year 61
Days above 90°F 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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