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Los Angeles vs Sunnyvale

Los Angeles, CA compared with Sunnyvale, CA · 309 miles apart

Los Angeles has 3,869,089 residents to Sunnyvale’s 156,577. Los Angeles comes out ahead on median rent. Sunnyvale does better on median household income, homeownership, average commute.

Los Angeles, CA Sunnyvale, CA
Population 3,869,089 156,577
Density (per sq mi) 8,223 7,098
Median household income $81,939 $186,170
Median home value $921,200 $1,801,800
Median rent $1,933 $3,039
Homeownership 36% 43.8%
Average commute 30.7 min 23 min
Median age 37.2 35.2
Bachelor's degree + 38.5% 69.3%
Poverty rate 16.5% 5.8%
Unemployment 8.2% 4.5%
Price to income 11.2× 9.7×
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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