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Los Angeles vs San Rafael

Los Angeles, CA compared with San Rafael, CA · 357 miles apart

Los Angeles has 3,869,089 residents to San Rafael’s 59,410. Los Angeles comes out ahead on median rent, price to income. San Rafael does better on median household income, homeownership, average commute.

Los Angeles, CA San Rafael, CA
Population 3,869,089 59,410
Density (per sq mi) 8,223 3,582
Median household income $81,939 $119,435
Median home value $921,200 $1,355,600
Median rent $1,933 $2,377
Homeownership 36% 53%
Average commute 30.7 min 25.3 min
Median age 37.2 43.2
Bachelor's degree + 38.5% 49.7%
Poverty rate 16.5% 11.7%
Unemployment 8.2% 5.4%
Price to income 11.2× 11.4×
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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