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Tuscaloosa vs Murrieta

Tuscaloosa, AL compared with Murrieta, CA · 1,705 miles apart

Tuscaloosa has 114,316 residents to Murrieta’s 114,124. Tuscaloosa comes out ahead on median rent, average commute, bachelor's degree +. Murrieta does better on median household income, homeownership, poverty rate.

Tuscaloosa, AL Murrieta, CA
Population 114,316 114,124
Density (per sq mi) 1,816 3,224
Median household income $51,464 $114,081
Median home value $255,500 $639,800
Median rent $1,055 $2,388
Homeownership 42.9% 69.5%
Average commute 19.6 min 37.4 min
Median age 27.2 36.6
Bachelor's degree + 39.4% 32.6%
Poverty rate 25.1% 5.4%
Unemployment 7.7% 6.8%
Price to income 5.6×

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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