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Santa Monica, CA vs Long Beach, CA

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Highlights
- The average commute for residents of Long Beach is 4.7% longer than it is for residents of Santa Monica.
- 52.7% fewer residents of Long Beach work from home compared to residents of Santa Monica.

Transportation
 Santa Monica, CALong Beach, CAUnited States
 Commute Time263127
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 Commute Mode
 Santa Monica, CALong Beach, CAUnited States
 Auto (alone)58.7%71.6%73.2%
 Carpool4.2%8.4%8.6%
 Mass Transit3.4%4.7%4.2%
 Bicycle3.6%0.6%0.5%
 Walk6.0%2.5%2.5%
 Work at Home22.4%10.6%9.7%
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 Commute Time To Work
 Santa Monica, CALong Beach, CAUnited States
 Commute Less Than 5 min.1.6%1.0%2.9%
 Commute 6 to 9 min.10.4%4.8%9.5%
 Commute 10 to 14 min.14.6%10.2%13.2%
 Commute 15 to 19 min.15.0%13.8%15.2%
 Commute 20 to 24 min.12.4%16.2%14.3%
 Commute 25 to 29 min.4.4%6.2%6.7%
 Commute 30 to 34 min.14.6%17.7%13.7%
 Commute 35 to 39 min.4.3%3.0%3.1%
 Commute 40 to 44 min.5.2%5.0%4.0%
 Commute 45 to 59 min.10.5%9.3%8.2%
 Commute 60 to 89 min.5.4%9.0%6.2%
 Commute greater than 90 min.1.4%3.7%2.9%

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Reviews for Santa Monica    24 Reviews

I moved here to Santa Monica over 10 years ago from Oklahoma City. I was surprised to see that Oklahoma City was ranked higher than Santa Monica on best places. I  More

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I've lived in Santa Monica for over 30 years. It's a Mediterranean climate--sunny and temperate when the rest of the country is under snow! I am walking distance to  More

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I have lived in this city for 4 decades, and it is never been worse than it is now. It is a dangerous disgusting hell hole. Between the crime, the homeless that are not  More

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Reviews for Long Beach    45 Reviews

Local born and bred. This place is going down the drain. Crime is up, housing is up, yuppies finding nothing wrong with it since they want to validate spending 3k on a 2  More

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Angelique · 
Over 4 years ago

I love Long Beach. I especially shoreline village and the aquarium of the pacific. The only big problem here (for me) is crime. Otherwise, nice  More

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Over 6 years ago

The cost of living is extremely high and there are way too many apartments or multi unit homes which have no parking. But with everyone living on top of each other it  More

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ZIPS IN SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA
90405 90403 90404 90402 90401
ZIPS IN LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA
90805, 90813, 90806, 90815, 90802, 90804, 90810, 90808, 90807, 90803, 13 total

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