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City in California, United States

Palmdale

$495kMedian Home
352Sunny Days/yr
74°FAvg High Temp
View on Map· Pop. 167k· Elev. 2,657 ftWikipedia

Palmdale is a city in northern Los Angeles County, California, United States. The city lies in the Antelope Valley of Southern California. The San Gabriel Mountains separate Palmdale from the Los Angeles Basin to the south.Wikipedia

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About the RegionCalifornia

California contains multitudes in a way that makes any single characterization misleading. The Bay Area and Los Angeles operate as global city-states, with housing markets, income levels, and cultural gravity that put them in direct competition with London and Tokyo rather than with other American metros. Both have lost net domestic migrants to lower-cost states for most of the last decade — primarily to Texas, Arizona, and Nevada — though both also continue to be net draws for international migration and maintain labor markets of extraordinary depth and diversity.

But California's geography is vast. The Central Valley offers costs of living that rival the Midwest with driving distance to the Sierra Nevada; the North Coast is one of the most beautiful and least-crowded stretches of American coastline; and the smaller cities of the inland valleys represent genuinely different lifestyle profiles. For remote workers who can absorb the state income tax and housing cost, the combination of climate diversity, outdoor access, and cultural institution density remains difficult to replicate anywhere in the world.

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Current Conditions

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Cost of Living

Housing
$3k/mo
Median Rent
$495k
Median Home Price
Rent burden40% of income
Household Income
$78k
Median annual
Population Density
1,574
Residents per mi²
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Livability

Walk Score
19
School Rating
3.7/10
Internet
Fiber
7%
Cable
96%
address availability
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Climate

Sunshine
352
sunny days per year
96% of the year
Avg High Temp
74°F
annual average
Comfort Score
78/100
Great
Temp Swing
39°F
seasonal high-temp spread
Rainfall
11"
inches per year
Air Quality
57
Moderate AQI
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Natural Hazard Risk

Flood Risk
moderate
FEMA classification
Wildfire Risk
minimal
FEMA rating
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Demographics

Population167k
Altitude2,657 ftabove sea level
Density1,574/mi²residents
Median Age33 yrs
College Educated17%bachelor's or higher
Work From Home8%of workforce
Poverty Rate14%

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