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Santa Ana vs Tustin

Santa Ana, CA compared with Tustin, CA · 4 miles apart

Santa Ana has 315,586 residents to Tustin’s 77,843. Santa Ana comes out ahead on median rent, unemployment, price to income. Tustin does better on median household income, homeownership, average commute.

Santa Ana, CA Tustin, CA
Population 315,586 77,843
Density (per sq mi) 11,527 7,001
Median household income $93,999 $112,503
Median home value $713,000 $950,400
Median rent $2,082 $2,449
Homeownership 44.6% 48.8%
Average commute 24.5 min 22.8 min
Median age 34.7 37.5
Bachelor's degree + 18.3% 47.4%
Poverty rate 10.8% 9.9%
Unemployment 4.8% 5.4%
Price to income 7.6× 8.4×

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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