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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, clear days a year. 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 45
Days above 90°F 3 1

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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