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Los Angeles vs Walnut Creek

Los Angeles, CA compared with Walnut Creek, CA · 336 miles apart

Los Angeles has 3,869,089 residents to Walnut Creek’s 70,012. Los Angeles comes out ahead on median rent, clear days a year. Walnut Creek does better on median household income, homeownership, average commute.

Los Angeles, CA Walnut Creek, CA
Population 3,869,089 70,012
Density (per sq mi) 8,223 3,543
Median household income $81,939 $130,432
Median home value $921,200 $1,057,300
Median rent $1,933 $2,680
Homeownership 36% 64.4%
Average commute 30.7 min 30.6 min
Median age 37.2 46.8
Bachelor's degree + 38.5% 70.4%
Poverty rate 16.5% 6.4%
Unemployment 8.2% 6%
Price to income 11.2× 8.1×
Clear days a year 61 56
Days above 90°F 3 35

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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