Los Angeles vs Sacramento
Los Angeles, CA compared with Sacramento, CA · 357 miles apart
Los Angeles has 3,869,089 residents to Sacramento’s 536,449. Los Angeles comes out ahead on bachelor's degree +. Sacramento does better on median household income, median rent, homeownership.
| Los Angeles, CA | Sacramento, CA | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 3,869,089 | 536,449 |
| Density (per sq mi) | 8,223 | 5,438 |
| Median household income | $81,939 | $87,321 |
| Median home value | $921,200 | $506,300 |
| Median rent | $1,933 | $1,779 |
| Homeownership | 36% | 51.7% |
| Average commute | 30.7 min | 25.3 min |
| Median age | 37.2 | 36 |
| Bachelor's degree + | 38.5% | 37.1% |
| Poverty rate | 16.5% | 13.9% |
| Unemployment | 8.2% | 6.6% |
| 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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