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San Diego vs El Monte

San Diego, CA compared with El Monte, CA · 101 miles apart

San Diego has 1,406,106 residents to El Monte’s 105,075. San Diego comes out ahead on median household income, homeownership, average commute. El Monte does better on median rent, clear days a year.

San Diego, CA El Monte, CA
Population 1,406,106 105,075
Density (per sq mi) 4,313 10,995
Median household income $108,077 $68,030
Median home value $906,700 $644,000
Median rent $2,313 $1,736
Homeownership 47.3% 40.2%
Average commute 23.5 min 27.8 min
Median age 36.2 37.8
Bachelor's degree + 51% 15.2%
Poverty rate 11% 17.4%
Unemployment 6% 6.3%
Price to income 8.4× 9.5×
Clear days a year 57 67
Days above 90°F 12 64

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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