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Fountain Valley vs Mount Prospect

Fountain Valley, CA compared with Mount Prospect, IL · 1,725 miles apart

Fountain Valley has 55,508 residents to Mount Prospect’s 55,395. Fountain Valley comes out ahead on median household income. Mount Prospect does better on median rent, homeownership, average commute.

Fountain Valley, CA Mount Prospect, IL
Population 55,508 55,395
Density (per sq mi) 6,119 5,167
Median household income $115,237 $101,720
Median home value $1,072,300 $397,400
Median rent $2,631 $1,502
Homeownership 64.8% 68.7%
Average commute 26 min 25.9 min
Median age 44.4 41.1
Bachelor's degree + 46.4% 48.6%
Poverty rate 8% 6.6%
Unemployment 5.6% 3.8%
Price to income 9.3× 3.9×

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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