gimmedastats
Thursday, August 6, 2026

Los Angeles vs Watsonville

Los Angeles, CA compared with Watsonville, CA · 276 miles apart

Los Angeles has 3,869,089 residents to Watsonville’s 50,716. Los Angeles comes out ahead on median household income, bachelor's degree +. Watsonville does better on median rent, homeownership, average commute.

Los Angeles, CA Watsonville, CA
Population 3,869,089 50,716
Density (per sq mi) 8,223 7,474
Median household income $81,939 $78,393
Median home value $921,200 $686,000
Median rent $1,933 $1,889
Homeownership 36% 44.8%
Average commute 30.7 min 26.1 min
Median age 37.2 33.8
Bachelor's degree + 38.5% 12.4%
Poverty rate 16.5% 14.7%
Unemployment 8.2% 7.7%
Price to income 11.2× 8.8×
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.

Forgotten Flicks movie T-shirts on TeePublic

Full profiles