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Los Angeles vs Berkeley

Los Angeles, CA compared with Berkeley, CA · 343 miles apart

Los Angeles has 3,869,089 residents to Berkeley’s 121,911. Los Angeles comes out ahead on median rent, poverty rate, price to income. Berkeley does better on median household income, homeownership, average commute.

Los Angeles, CA Berkeley, CA
Population 3,869,089 121,911
Density (per sq mi) 8,223 11,686
Median household income $81,939 $108,092
Median home value $921,200 $1,413,900
Median rent $1,933 $2,133
Homeownership 36% 44.2%
Average commute 30.7 min 27.8 min
Median age 37.2 33.2
Bachelor's degree + 38.5% 74.9%
Poverty rate 16.5% 17.3%
Unemployment 8.2% 5.6%
Price to income 11.2× 13.1×
Clear days a year 61
Days above 90°F 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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