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Oakland vs San Leandro

Oakland, CA compared with San Leandro, CA · 6 miles apart

Oakland has 440,838 residents to San Leandro’s 85,353. Oakland comes out ahead on median household income, median rent, average commute. San Leandro does better on homeownership, poverty rate, unemployment.

Oakland, CA San Leandro, CA
Population 440,838 85,353
Density (per sq mi) 7,877 6,406
Median household income $101,600 $101,420
Median home value $929,900 $844,200
Median rent $1,979 $2,186
Homeownership 42.3% 58.1%
Average commute 29.8 min 31.2 min
Median age 37.9 41.9
Bachelor's degree + 48.7% 33.3%
Poverty rate 13.4% 8.3%
Unemployment 6.4% 5.3%
Price to income 9.2× 8.3×

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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