Los Angeles vs Santa Maria
Los Angeles, CA compared with Santa Maria, CA · 132 miles apart
Los Angeles has 3,869,089 residents to Santa Maria’s 111,390. Los Angeles comes out ahead on bachelor's degree +, poverty rate, clear days a year. Santa Maria does better on median household income, median rent, homeownership.
| Los Angeles, CA | Santa Maria, CA | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 3,869,089 | 111,390 |
| Density (per sq mi) | 8,223 | 4,883 |
| Median household income | $81,939 | $84,746 |
| Median home value | $921,200 | $531,700 |
| Median rent | $1,933 | $1,925 |
| Homeownership | 36% | 50.2% |
| Average commute | 30.7 min | 22.4 min |
| Median age | 37.2 | 29.3 |
| Bachelor's degree + | 38.5% | 15.7% |
| Poverty rate | 16.5% | 17.3% |
| Unemployment | 8.2% | 7.3% |
| Price to income | 11.2× | 6.3× |
| Clear days a year | 61 | 48 |
| Days above 90°F | 3 | 13 |
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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