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Los Angeles vs Irvine

Los Angeles, CA compared with Irvine, CA · 44 miles apart

Los Angeles has 3,869,089 residents to Irvine’s 318,764. Los Angeles comes out ahead on median rent. Irvine does better on median household income, homeownership, average commute.

Los Angeles, CA Irvine, CA
Population 3,869,089 318,764
Density (per sq mi) 8,223 4,858
Median household income $81,939 $136,719
Median home value $921,200 $1,191,500
Median rent $1,933 $2,997
Homeownership 36% 44.5%
Average commute 30.7 min 24.7 min
Median age 37.2 34
Bachelor's degree + 38.5% 70.6%
Poverty rate 16.5% 10.8%
Unemployment 8.2% 5.9%
Price to income 11.2× 8.7×
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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