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Santa Rosa vs Rancho Cucamonga

Santa Rosa, CA compared with Rancho Cucamonga, CA · 413 miles apart

Santa Rosa has 179,437 residents to Rancho Cucamonga’s 177,856. Santa Rosa comes out ahead on median rent, average commute. Rancho Cucamonga does better on median household income, homeownership, bachelor's degree +.

Santa Rosa, CA Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Population 179,437 177,856
Density (per sq mi) 4,212 3,823
Median household income $99,060 $111,895
Median home value $713,900 $740,200
Median rent $2,152 $2,357
Homeownership 56.7% 62.3%
Average commute 22.9 min 32.3 min
Median age 41.2 38.6
Bachelor's degree + 35.1% 37.5%
Poverty rate 9.7% 8%
Unemployment 6.3% 5.9%
Price to income 7.2× 6.6×

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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