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Los Angeles vs Orange

Los Angeles, CA compared with Orange, CA · 35 miles apart

Los Angeles has 3,869,089 residents to Orange’s 138,365. Los Angeles comes out ahead on median rent, clear days a year. Orange does better on median household income, homeownership, average commute.

Los Angeles, CA Orange, CA
Population 3,869,089 138,365
Density (per sq mi) 8,223 5,391
Median household income $81,939 $117,113
Median home value $921,200 $945,800
Median rent $1,933 $2,327
Homeownership 36% 56.7%
Average commute 30.7 min 25.8 min
Median age 37.2 37.2
Bachelor's degree + 38.5% 39.7%
Poverty rate 16.5% 9.5%
Unemployment 8.2% 4.9%
Price to income 11.2× 8.1×
Clear days a year 61 54
Days above 90°F 3 23

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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