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Los Angeles vs Santa Rosa

Los Angeles, CA compared with Santa Rosa, CA · 388 miles apart

Los Angeles has 3,869,089 residents to Santa Rosa’s 179,437. Los Angeles comes out ahead on median rent, bachelor's degree +. Santa Rosa does better on median household income, homeownership, average commute.

Los Angeles, CA Santa Rosa, CA
Population 3,869,089 179,437
Density (per sq mi) 8,223 4,212
Median household income $81,939 $99,060
Median home value $921,200 $713,900
Median rent $1,933 $2,152
Homeownership 36% 56.7%
Average commute 30.7 min 22.9 min
Median age 37.2 41.2
Bachelor's degree + 38.5% 35.1%
Poverty rate 16.5% 9.7%
Unemployment 8.2% 6.3%
Price to income 11.2× 7.2×
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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