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Los Angeles vs Newport Beach

Los Angeles, CA compared with Newport Beach, CA · 41 miles apart

Los Angeles has 3,869,089 residents to Newport Beach’s 81,977. Los Angeles comes out ahead on median rent, price to income. Newport Beach does better on median household income, homeownership, average commute.

Los Angeles, CA Newport Beach, CA
Population 3,869,089 81,977
Density (per sq mi) 8,223 3,440
Median household income $81,939 $156,867
Median home value $921,200 $2,000,001
Median rent $1,933 $3,316
Homeownership 36% 52.1%
Average commute 30.7 min 22.9 min
Median age 37.2 45.9
Bachelor's degree + 38.5% 69.6%
Poverty rate 16.5% 6.6%
Unemployment 8.2% 4.3%
Price to income 11.2× 12.7×
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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