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Lakewood vs Sunnyvale

Lakewood, CO compared with Sunnyvale, CA · 926 miles apart

Lakewood has 156,927 residents to Sunnyvale’s 156,577. Lakewood comes out ahead on median rent, homeownership, price to income. Sunnyvale does better on median household income, average commute, bachelor's degree +.

Lakewood, CO Sunnyvale, CA
Population 156,927 156,577
Density (per sq mi) 3,608 7,098
Median household income $89,792 $186,170
Median home value $574,400 $1,801,800
Median rent $1,806 $3,039
Homeownership 58.1% 43.8%
Average commute 25.5 min 23 min
Median age 38.2 35.2
Bachelor's degree + 45.3% 69.3%
Poverty rate 9.2% 5.8%
Unemployment 4.5% 4.5%
Price to income 6.4× 9.7×

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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