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Los Angeles vs Monterey Park

Los Angeles, CA compared with Monterey Park, CA · 16 miles apart

Los Angeles has 3,869,089 residents to Monterey Park’s 57,457. Los Angeles comes out ahead on median household income, bachelor's degree +. Monterey Park does better on median rent, homeownership, average commute.

Los Angeles, CA Monterey Park, CA
Population 3,869,089 57,457
Density (per sq mi) 8,223 7,489
Median household income $81,939 $81,855
Median home value $921,200 $863,000
Median rent $1,933 $1,888
Homeownership 36% 51.6%
Average commute 30.7 min 28.4 min
Median age 37.2 45.5
Bachelor's degree + 38.5% 36.2%
Poverty rate 16.5% 12.4%
Unemployment 8.2% 6.1%
Price to income 11.2× 10.5×
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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