San Diego vs East Los Angeles
San Diego, CA compared with East Los Angeles, CA · 103 miles apart
San Diego has 1,406,106 residents to East Los Angeles’s 111,647. San Diego comes out ahead on median household income, homeownership, average commute. East Los Angeles does better on median rent.
| San Diego, CA | East Los Angeles, CA | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 1,406,106 | 111,647 |
| Density (per sq mi) | 4,313 | 14,980 |
| Median household income | $108,077 | $68,741 |
| Median home value | $906,700 | $643,100 |
| Median rent | $2,313 | $1,494 |
| Homeownership | 47.3% | 33.5% |
| Average commute | 23.5 min | 30.2 min |
| Median age | 36.2 | 34.7 |
| Bachelor's degree + | 51% | 11.4% |
| Poverty rate | 11% | 17.3% |
| Unemployment | 6% | 6.8% |
| Price to income | 8.4× | 9.4× |
| Clear days a year | 57 | — |
| Days above 90°F | 12 | — |
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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