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Los Angeles vs East Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA compared with East Los Angeles, CA · 14 miles apart

Los Angeles has 3,869,089 residents to East Los Angeles’s 111,647. Los Angeles comes out ahead on median household income, homeownership, bachelor's degree +. East Los Angeles does better on median rent, average commute, unemployment.

Los Angeles, CA East Los Angeles, CA
Population 3,869,089 111,647
Density (per sq mi) 8,223 14,980
Median household income $81,939 $68,741
Median home value $921,200 $643,100
Median rent $1,933 $1,494
Homeownership 36% 33.5%
Average commute 30.7 min 30.2 min
Median age 37.2 34.7
Bachelor's degree + 38.5% 11.4%
Poverty rate 16.5% 17.3%
Unemployment 8.2% 6.8%
Price to income 11.2× 9.4×
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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