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Los Angeles vs Richmond

Los Angeles, CA compared with Richmond, CA · 350 miles apart

Los Angeles has 3,869,089 residents to Richmond’s 114,861. Los Angeles comes out ahead on median rent, average commute, bachelor's degree +. Richmond does better on median household income, homeownership, poverty rate.

Los Angeles, CA Richmond, CA
Population 3,869,089 114,861
Density (per sq mi) 8,223 3,823
Median household income $81,939 $95,391
Median home value $921,200 $668,200
Median rent $1,933 $1,960
Homeownership 36% 54.7%
Average commute 30.7 min 34.2 min
Median age 37.2 37.9
Bachelor's degree + 38.5% 33%
Poverty rate 16.5% 13.5%
Unemployment 8.2% 8.3%
Price to income 11.2×
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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