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San Diego vs Watsonville

San Diego, CA compared with Watsonville, CA · 387 miles apart

San Diego has 1,406,106 residents to Watsonville’s 50,716. San Diego comes out ahead on median household income, homeownership, average commute. Watsonville does better on median rent.

San Diego, CA Watsonville, CA
Population 1,406,106 50,716
Density (per sq mi) 4,313 7,474
Median household income $108,077 $78,393
Median home value $906,700 $686,000
Median rent $2,313 $1,889
Homeownership 47.3% 44.8%
Average commute 23.5 min 26.1 min
Median age 36.2 33.8
Bachelor's degree + 51% 12.4%
Poverty rate 11% 14.7%
Unemployment 6% 7.7%
Price to income 8.4× 8.8×
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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