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Los Angeles vs Palmdale

Los Angeles, CA compared with Palmdale, CA · 43 miles apart

Los Angeles has 3,869,089 residents to Palmdale’s 161,845. Los Angeles comes out ahead on median household income, average commute, bachelor's degree +. Palmdale does better on median rent, homeownership, poverty rate.

Los Angeles, CA Palmdale, CA
Population 3,869,089 161,845
Density (per sq mi) 8,223 1,526
Median household income $81,939 $81,770
Median home value $921,200 $471,000
Median rent $1,933 $1,802
Homeownership 36% 66.2%
Average commute 30.7 min 39.9 min
Median age 37.2 33
Bachelor's degree + 38.5% 17.1%
Poverty rate 16.5% 15.7%
Unemployment 8.2% 8.3%
Price to income 11.2× 5.8×
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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