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Los Angeles vs Huntington Beach

Los Angeles, CA compared with Huntington Beach, CA · 32 miles apart

Los Angeles has 3,869,089 residents to Huntington Beach’s 191,451. Los Angeles comes out ahead on median rent, clear days a year. Huntington Beach does better on median household income, homeownership, average commute.

Los Angeles, CA Huntington Beach, CA
Population 3,869,089 191,451
Density (per sq mi) 8,223 7,016
Median household income $81,939 $120,919
Median home value $921,200 $1,100,000
Median rent $1,933 $2,510
Homeownership 36% 55.4%
Average commute 30.7 min 28.4 min
Median age 37.2 44
Bachelor's degree + 38.5% 49%
Poverty rate 16.5% 7.8%
Unemployment 8.2% 5.4%
Price to income 11.2× 9.1×
Clear days a year 61 48
Days above 90°F 3 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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