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Los Angeles vs Santa Ana

Los Angeles, CA compared with Santa Ana, CA · 36 miles apart

Los Angeles has 3,869,089 residents to Santa Ana’s 315,586. Los Angeles comes out ahead on median rent, bachelor's degree +. Santa Ana does better on median household income, homeownership, average commute.

Los Angeles, CA Santa Ana, CA
Population 3,869,089 315,586
Density (per sq mi) 8,223 11,527
Median household income $81,939 $93,999
Median home value $921,200 $713,000
Median rent $1,933 $2,082
Homeownership 36% 44.6%
Average commute 30.7 min 24.5 min
Median age 37.2 34.7
Bachelor's degree + 38.5% 18.3%
Poverty rate 16.5% 10.8%
Unemployment 8.2% 4.8%
Price to income 11.2× 7.6×
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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