Places Similar to Los Angeles, California

PlaceMatch™ lets you find places similar to any city or town you select, either using the default criteria or using criteria you specify.The criteria being used are show as column headings in the results table further below.

However, if you want to specify which factors to use in determining which places are similar to each other, you can select among dozens of other criteria. These include criteria related to crime and income, population demographics, education levels, and others; there are dozens of criteria you can select.

Please click on the [+/-] Advanced Controls link just below and try PlaceMatch using a variety of filtering criteria.

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Results Table

Cities and Towns Similar to Los Angeles, California:
Sorted from most similar to least (using the default selection criteria).

Your specified criteria have resulted in 22 locations (a maximum of 100 are shown in the table below). Note that you can dictate for each each criterion (e.g., the percentage of people in poverty) whether it should match Los Angeles 'loosely' or 'strictly', using the Advanced Controls. This matching level, loose versus strict, is shown near the top of each column in the results table.

Click on a city or town name below to find places similar to it.
Or, to see details about a place, click its [details] link in the table below.

City, State	Similarity	Go To City	1 Person Houses	65+	College Grads	Commute Minutes	Family Income	Kids 0-4	Non White	Pop.	Poverty	Prop. Crime	Seasonal Housing	Viol. Crime
			loose	loose	loose	loose	loose	loose	loose	loose	loose	loose	loose	loose
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA		[details]	28.5%	9.7%	25.5%	31	$39,942	7.7%	53.1%	3,694,820	22.1%	33.9	0.4%	11.6
1. Long Beach, California	96.4	[details]	29.5%	9.1%	23.9%	30	$40,002	8.4%	54.8%	461,522	22.8%	31.4	0.4%	8.1
2. Jersey City, New Jersey	93.5	[details]	29.3%	9.8%	27.5%	35	$41,639	6.9%	66%	240,055	18.6%	34.2	0.3%	12.1
3. Richmond, California	92.4	[details]	25.9%	9.9%	22.4%	36	$46,659	7.7%	68.6%	99,216	16.2%	62.3	0.3%	10.9
4. Oakland, California	91	[details]	32.4%	10.5%	30.9%	32	$44,384	7.1%	68.7%	399,484	19.4%	55.5	0.3%	12.9
5. Monrovia, California	90.4	[details]	26%	10.4%	25.1%	29	$49,703	8%	37.1%	36,929	13.1%	30.7	0.2%	3.9
6. New Brunswick, New Jersey	89.8	[details]	24.3%	6.5%	19.2%	25	$38,222	7%	51.2%	48,573	27.1%	40.3	0.3%	7.3
7. Gardena, California	89.5	[details]	25.4%	12.4%	16.6%	27	$44,906	7.5%	76.2%	57,746	15.7%	31.6	0.2%	8.5
8. Lowell, Massachusetts	89.5	[details]	28.8%	10.8%	18.1%	26	$45,901	7.3%	31.4%	105,167	16.8%	30.5	0.2%	9.4
9. Riverside, California	89	[details]	21.4%	9%	19.1%	29	$47,254	8%	40.7%	255,166	15.8%	49	0.3%	7
10. Orange, New Jersey	88.6	[details]	30.2%	10.8%	16.7%	33	$40,852	8.5%	86.8%	32,868	18.8%	51.7	0.2%	11.6
11. Mount Vernon, New York	88.2	[details]	30%	12.9%	24.2%	35	$49,573	7.1%	71.4%	68,381	14.2%	26.1	0.2%	8
12. Lynn, Massachusetts	87.7	[details]	31.2%	12.8%	16.4%	29	$45,295	7.3%	32.1%	89,050	16.5%	32.9	0.2%	11.1
13. Middletown, New York	86.6	[details]	30.3%	12%	17%	27	$47,760	7.9%	31.3%	25,388	17.5%	26.6	0.2%	4.2
14. Escondido, California	86.4	[details]	22.4%	11%	20.1%	28	$48,456	8.8%	32.2%	133,559	13.4%	42.3	0.2%	5.1
15. Lemon Grove, California	84.7	[details]	22.1%	12%	15.3%	28	$45,844	6.9%	40.4%	24,918	13.7%	36.7	0.5%	6.8
16. Lancaster, California	84.6	[details]	22%	8.6%	15.8%	31	$44,681	8%	37.2%	118,718	16.4%	36.8	0.3%	9.2
17. Marietta, Georgia	83.6	[details]	33.4%	8.3%	34.1%	30	$47,340	7.9%	43.5%	58,748	15.7%	41.1	0.2%	5.2
18. Dickinson, Texas	82.8	[details]	21.5%	9.6%	21%	30	$46,585	8%	27.6%	17,093	13.1%	28.8	0.3%	3.7
19. Jacksonville, Florida	82.7	[details]	26.2%	10.3%	21.1%	26	$47,243	7.3%	35.5%	735,617	12.2%	58.8	0.3%	8.9
20. Kenner, Louisiana	82.5	[details]	23.1%	8.9%	21.3%	28	$45,866	7%	31.9%	70,517	13.6%	42.4	0.3%	4.4
21. Waxahachie, Texas	78.1	[details]	21.5%	12.3%	18.4%	25	$50,048	7.5%	29.6%	21,426	12.8%	49.4	0.6%	4.4
22. Lebanon, Tennessee	73.5	[details]	28.2%	14.2%	18.2%	24	$45,094	7%	17.1%	20,235	13%	47.4	0.4%	6

Ignore	Include Loosely	Include Strictly	Criterion	Description
			Commute Minutes	Avg. number of minutes to commute to work, for those who work.

Ignore	Include Loosely	Include Strictly	Criterion	Description
			Prop. Crime	Incidences of property crime per thousand residents, in 2003.
			Viol. Crime	Incidences of violent crime per thousand residents, in 2003.

Ignore	Include Loosely	Include Strictly	Criterion	Description
			Seasonal Housing	Percent of housing units which are for seasonal or vacation use.

Ignore	Include Loosely	Include Strictly	Criterion	Description
			1 Person Houses	Percent of households where residents live alone.
			65+	Percent of residents age 65 or older.
			College Grads	Percent of adults over 25 with college degrees.
			Kids 0-4	Percent of people who are under 5 years old.
			Non White	Percent of residents who are non-caucasian.
			Pop.	Total number of people in the city or town.

Ignore	Include Loosely	Include Strictly	Criterion	Description
			Family Income	Median annual income in 2000 for families.
			Poverty	Percent of residents in poverty.

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