Los Angeles vs San Diego
Los Angeles, CA compared with San Diego, CA · 111 miles apart
Los Angeles has 3,869,089 residents to San Diego’s 1,406,106. Los Angeles comes out ahead on median rent, clear days a year. San Diego does better on median household income, homeownership, average commute.
| Los Angeles, CA | San Diego, CA | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 3,869,089 | 1,406,106 |
| Density (per sq mi) | 8,223 | 4,313 |
| Median household income | $81,939 | $108,077 |
| Median home value | $921,200 | $906,700 |
| Median rent | $1,933 | $2,313 |
| Homeownership | 36% | 47.3% |
| Average commute | 30.7 min | 23.5 min |
| Median age | 37.2 | 36.2 |
| Bachelor's degree + | 38.5% | 51% |
| Poverty rate | 16.5% | 11% |
| Unemployment | 8.2% | 6% |
| Price to income | 11.2× | 8.4× |
| Clear days a year | 61 | 57 |
| Days above 90°F | 3 | 12 |
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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