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Los Angeles vs Placentia

Los Angeles, CA compared with Placentia, CA · 33 miles apart

Los Angeles has 3,869,089 residents to Placentia’s 54,911. Los Angeles comes out ahead on median rent, clear days a year. Placentia does better on median household income, homeownership, average commute.

Los Angeles, CA Placentia, CA
Population 3,869,089 54,911
Density (per sq mi) 8,223 8,157
Median household income $81,939 $115,929
Median home value $921,200 $921,000
Median rent $1,933 $2,388
Homeownership 36% 63.6%
Average commute 30.7 min 26.6 min
Median age 37.2 39.1
Bachelor's degree + 38.5% 44.2%
Poverty rate 16.5% 7.9%
Unemployment 8.2% 5.5%
Price to income 11.2× 7.9×
Clear days a year 61 59
Days above 90°F 3 27

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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