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Los Angeles vs Walnut Creek

Los Angeles, CA compared with Walnut Creek, CA · 336 miles apart

Los Angeles has 3,869,089 residents to Walnut Creek’s 70,012. Los Angeles comes out ahead on median rent. Walnut Creek does better on median household income, homeownership, average commute.

Los Angeles, CA Walnut Creek, CA
Population 3,869,089 70,012
Density (per sq mi) 8,223 3,543
Median household income $81,939 $130,432
Median home value $921,200 $1,057,300
Median rent $1,933 $2,680
Homeownership 36% 64.4%
Average commute 30.7 min 30.6 min
Median age 37.2 46.8
Bachelor's degree + 38.5% 70.4%
Poverty rate 16.5% 6.4%
Unemployment 8.2% 6%
Price to income 11.2× 8.1×
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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