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Los Angeles vs Union City

Los Angeles, CA compared with Union City, CA · 320 miles apart

Los Angeles has 3,869,089 residents to Union City’s 65,282. Los Angeles comes out ahead on median rent, average commute, clear days a year. Union City does better on median household income, homeownership, bachelor's degree +.

Los Angeles, CA Union City, CA
Population 3,869,089 65,282
Density (per sq mi) 8,223 3,365
Median household income $81,939 $133,715
Median home value $921,200 $1,104,900
Median rent $1,933 $2,713
Homeownership 36% 64.7%
Average commute 30.7 min 31.9 min
Median age 37.2 43
Bachelor's degree + 38.5% 45.1%
Poverty rate 16.5% 7.2%
Unemployment 8.2% 5.3%
Price to income 11.2× 8.3×
Clear days a year 61 55
Days above 90°F 3 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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