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Inglewood vs Santa Monica

Inglewood, CA compared with Santa Monica, CA · 10 miles apart

Inglewood has 101,662 residents to Santa Monica’s 90,082. Inglewood comes out ahead on median rent, homeownership, price to income. Santa Monica does better on median household income, average commute, bachelor's degree +.

Inglewood, CA Santa Monica, CA
Population 101,662 90,082
Density (per sq mi) 11,212 10,713
Median household income $72,750 $114,885
Median home value $792,800 $1,755,500
Median rent $1,787 $2,402
Homeownership 36.2% 27.9%
Average commute 30.5 min 24.8 min
Median age 38.6 42.7
Bachelor's degree + 25.2% 70.7%
Poverty rate 14.6% 11.2%
Unemployment 8.3% 6.7%
Price to income 10.9× 15.3×

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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