Los Angeles vs Santa Cruz
Los Angeles, CA compared with Santa Cruz, CA · 288 miles apart
Los Angeles has 3,869,089 residents to Santa Cruz’s 61,797. Los Angeles comes out ahead on median rent, poverty rate, clear days a year. Santa Cruz does better on median household income, homeownership, average commute.
| Los Angeles, CA | Santa Cruz, CA | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 3,869,089 | 61,797 |
| Density (per sq mi) | 8,223 | 4,850 |
| Median household income | $81,939 | $115,475 |
| Median home value | $921,200 | $1,209,000 |
| Median rent | $1,933 | $2,452 |
| Homeownership | 36% | 48.4% |
| Average commute | 30.7 min | 22.8 min |
| Median age | 37.2 | 31.1 |
| Bachelor's degree + | 38.5% | 57.6% |
| Poverty rate | 16.5% | 17% |
| Unemployment | 8.2% | 7.2% |
| Price to income | 11.2× | 10.5× |
| Clear days a year | 61 | 47 |
| Days above 90°F | 3 | 6 |
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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