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Los Angeles vs San Bernardino

Los Angeles, CA compared with San Bernardino, CA · 64 miles apart

Los Angeles has 3,869,089 residents to San Bernardino’s 222,044. Los Angeles comes out ahead on median household income, bachelor's degree +, poverty rate. San Bernardino does better on median rent, homeownership, average commute.

Los Angeles, CA San Bernardino, CA
Population 3,869,089 222,044
Density (per sq mi) 8,223 3,573
Median household income $81,939 $67,415
Median home value $921,200 $422,300
Median rent $1,933 $1,508
Homeownership 36% 50%
Average commute 30.7 min 29.7 min
Median age 37.2 32.2
Bachelor's degree + 38.5% 13.1%
Poverty rate 16.5% 18.6%
Unemployment 8.2% 6.1%
Price to income 11.2× 6.3×
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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