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Los Angeles vs Huntington Beach

Los Angeles, CA compared with Huntington Beach, CA · 32 miles apart

Los Angeles has 3,869,089 residents to Huntington Beach’s 191,451. Los Angeles comes out ahead on median rent. Huntington Beach does better on median household income, homeownership, average commute.

Los Angeles, CA Huntington Beach, CA
Population 3,869,089 191,451
Density (per sq mi) 8,223 7,016
Median household income $81,939 $120,919
Median home value $921,200 $1,100,000
Median rent $1,933 $2,510
Homeownership 36% 55.4%
Average commute 30.7 min 28.4 min
Median age 37.2 44
Bachelor's degree + 38.5% 49%
Poverty rate 16.5% 7.8%
Unemployment 8.2% 5.4%
Price to income 11.2× 9.1×
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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