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Los Angeles vs Torrance

Los Angeles, CA compared with Torrance, CA · 13 miles apart

Los Angeles has 3,869,089 residents to Torrance’s 138,391. Los Angeles comes out ahead on median rent, clear days a year. Torrance does better on median household income, homeownership, average commute.

Los Angeles, CA Torrance, CA
Population 3,869,089 138,391
Density (per sq mi) 8,223 6,746
Median household income $81,939 $116,217
Median home value $921,200 $1,074,700
Median rent $1,933 $2,280
Homeownership 36% 55%
Average commute 30.7 min 26.9 min
Median age 37.2 43.2
Bachelor's degree + 38.5% 54%
Poverty rate 16.5% 7.8%
Unemployment 8.2% 6%
Price to income 11.2× 9.2×
Clear days a year 61 56
Days above 90°F 3 2

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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