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Los Angeles vs Fountain Valley

Los Angeles, CA compared with Fountain Valley, CA · 34 miles apart

Los Angeles has 3,869,089 residents to Fountain Valley’s 55,508. Los Angeles comes out ahead on median rent. Fountain Valley does better on median household income, homeownership, average commute.

Los Angeles, CA Fountain Valley, CA
Population 3,869,089 55,508
Density (per sq mi) 8,223 6,119
Median household income $81,939 $115,237
Median home value $921,200 $1,072,300
Median rent $1,933 $2,631
Homeownership 36% 64.8%
Average commute 30.7 min 26 min
Median age 37.2 44.4
Bachelor's degree + 38.5% 46.4%
Poverty rate 16.5% 8%
Unemployment 8.2% 5.6%
Price to income 11.2× 9.3×
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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