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Los Angeles vs Redwood City

Los Angeles, CA compared with Redwood City, CA · 322 miles apart

Los Angeles has 3,869,089 residents to Redwood City’s 82,178. Los Angeles comes out ahead on median rent, price to income. Redwood City does better on median household income, homeownership, average commute.

Los Angeles, CA Redwood City, CA
Population 3,869,089 82,178
Density (per sq mi) 8,223 4,250
Median household income $81,939 $157,814
Median home value $921,200 $1,801,700
Median rent $1,933 $2,968
Homeownership 36% 48.6%
Average commute 30.7 min 24.3 min
Median age 37.2 37.5
Bachelor's degree + 38.5% 54.4%
Poverty rate 16.5% 6.3%
Unemployment 8.2% 4.1%
Price to income 11.2× 11.4×
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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