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Los Angeles vs Lake Elsinore

Los Angeles, CA compared with Lake Elsinore, CA · 66 miles apart

Los Angeles has 3,869,089 residents to Lake Elsinore’s 75,067. Los Angeles comes out ahead on median rent, average commute, bachelor's degree +. Lake Elsinore does better on median household income, homeownership, poverty rate.

Los Angeles, CA Lake Elsinore, CA
Population 3,869,089 75,067
Density (per sq mi) 8,223 1,962
Median household income $81,939 $101,888
Median home value $921,200 $566,000
Median rent $1,933 $2,078
Homeownership 36% 70.9%
Average commute 30.7 min 42.9 min
Median age 37.2 33.7
Bachelor's degree + 38.5% 24.3%
Poverty rate 16.5% 9.4%
Unemployment 8.2% 6.3%
Price to income 11.2× 5.6×
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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