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Rank	City	County	Score	Residents	Median income
1	San Francisco	San Francisco	88	851,036	$136,689
2	Foster City	San Mateo	86.1	33,215	$191,267
3	San Mateo	San Mateo	84	104,165	$149,152
4	Aliso Viejo	Orange	83.1	51,896	$131,708
5	Burlingame	San Mateo	82.8	30,995	$165,940
6	San Carlos	San Mateo	82.1	30,490	$219,413
7	Daly City	San Mateo	82	103,648	$114,910
8	San Bruno	San Mateo	81.6	43,218	$131,669
9	Belmont	San Mateo	81.5	27,820	$185,944
10	Millbrae	San Mateo	81.3	22,825	$146,649
11	Cypress	Orange	81.1	49,955	$117,461
12	Huntington Beach	Orange	80.1	197,481	$114,747
13	Mission Viejo	Orange	79.9	93,233	$136,570
14	South San Francisco	San Mateo	79.4	65,596	$127,062
15	Placentia	Orange	78.7	51,797	$106,155
16	East Palo Alto	San Mateo	78.3	29,520	$103,248
17	Lake Forest	Orange	78.1	85,583	$128,358
18	San Rafael	Marin	78	60,891	$113,839
19	Buena Park	Orange	77.7	83,542	$101,586
20	North Tustin	Orange	77.2	25,131	$173,853
21	Laguna Niguel	Orange	77	64,259	$135,822
22	Fountain Valley	Orange	77	56,754	$108,860
23	Costa Mesa	Orange	76.8	111,490	$104,981
24	Tustin	Orange	76.4	79,514	$102,065
25	Dana Point	Orange	76.4	33,025	$119,632
26	La Habra	Orange	75.7	62,904	$93,801
27	Laguna Hills	Orange	75.7	31,170	$122,902
28	Orange	Orange	75.6	138,728	$109,335
29	Irvine	Orange	75.5	304,527	$122,948
30	Rancho Santa Margarita	Orange	75.5	47,702	$150,146
31	Redwood City	San Mateo	75.4	83,077	$145,620
32	Rohnert Park	Sonoma	75.2	44,461	$93,322
33	Windsor	Sonoma	75.1	26,320	$128,115
34	Rocklin	Placer	75	71,676	$116,006
35	Santa Ana	Orange	74.7	311,379	$84,210
36	Petaluma	Sonoma	74.7	59,682	$108,527
37	Garden Grove	Orange	74.6	171,637	$86,139
38	Newport Beach	Orange	74.6	85,159	$149,471
39	Fullerton	Orange	74	142,280	$99,279
40	Yorba Linda	Orange	73.1	68,035	$148,325
41	Menlo Park	San Mateo	72.8	33,324	$198,273
42	Stanton	Orange	72.7	38,271	$76,123
43	Roseville	Placer	72.2	148,879	$112,265
44	Westminster	Orange	72.2	90,638	$80,271
45	San Clemente	Orange	72.2	64,232	$134,730
46	Brea	Orange	71.7	47,099	$120,226
47	Goleta	Santa Barbara	71.7	32,640	$113,889
48	Anaheim	Orange	71.5	347,111	$88,538
49	Sonoma	Sonoma	70.1	10,702	$96,090
50	Santa Rosa	Sonoma	69.9	178,221	$92,604
51	Novato	Marin	69.9	53,055	$110,948
52	Sunnyvale	Santa Clara	69.5	154,573	$174,506
53	American Canyon	Napa	69.5	21,669	$122,694
54	Pacifica	San Mateo	69.4	38,048	$151,849
55	Santa Clara	Santa Clara	69	128,058	$165,352
56	Mountain View	Santa Clara	69	82,132	$174,156
57	Laguna Beach	Orange	68.9	22,943	$141,875
58	Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara	68.6	88,640	$98,346
59	Oxnard	Ventura	68.4	202,279	$90,409
60	Napa	Napa	68.4	79,233	$100,273
61	Solana Beach	San Diego	68.4	12,946	$137,647
62	Campbell	Santa Clara	68.1	43,464	$141,794
63	Cupertino	Santa Clara	67.8	59,763	$223,667
64	Manhattan Beach	Los Angeles	67.8	35,123	$187,217
65	Milpitas	Santa Clara	67.3	79,092	$166,769
66	Chula Vista	San Diego	66.7	276,103	$101,984
67	Marina del Rey	Los Angeles	66.5	10,274	$135,584
68	Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz	66.4	61,367	$105,491
69	Los Altos	Santa Clara	66.2	31,133	$250,001
70	Redondo Beach	Los Angeles	65.8	70,620	$134,033
71	San Juan Capistrano	Orange	65.8	35,099	$123,474
72	Encinitas	San Diego	65.3	61,942	$142,506
73	Moorpark	Ventura	65.1	36,073	$143,218
74	San Jose	Santa Clara	64.9	1,001,176	$136,010
75	Truckee	Nevada	64.9	16,784	$107,423
76	Ventura	Ventura	64.8	110,358	$96,036
77	Santa Maria	Santa Barbara	64.6	109,543	$81,237
78	Orcutt	Santa Barbara	63.9	31,137	$108,225
79	Lincoln	Placer	63.6	50,131	$99,434
80	Carlsbad	San Diego	63.1	114,745	$134,139
81	La Mesa	San Diego	63	60,888	$83,649
82	Healdsburg	Sonoma	62.9	11,481	$94,799
83	St. Helena	Napa	62.9	5,426	$135,781
84	South Pasadena	Los Angeles	62.7	26,583	$127,882
85	Spring Valley	San Diego	62.6	32,496	$98,099
86	Vista	San Diego	62.4	98,392	$88,715
87	Lemon Grove	San Diego	62.4	27,482	$77,833
88	Solvang	Santa Barbara	62.3	6,035	$108,074
89	San Diego	San Diego	62.1	1,383,987	$98,657
90	Watsonville	Santa Cruz	62.1	52,457	$72,295
91	Camarillo	Ventura	62	70,622	$105,141
92	San Marcos	San Diego	60.9	94,360	$99,413
93	Lakewood	Los Angeles	60.9	81,499	$113,030
94	Santa Monica	Los Angeles	60.8	92,168	$106,797
95	Culver City	Los Angeles	60.8	40,357	$114,429
96	Simi Valley	Ventura	60.7	126,153	$112,144
97	Thousand Oaks	Ventura	60	126,532	$125,399
98	Santee	San Diego	60	59,497	$101,777
99	Imperial Beach	San Diego	59.9	26,157	$75,731
100	El Dorado Hills	El Dorado	59.8	49,082	$156,126
101	Coronado	San Diego	59.6	18,871	$125,558
102	Oceanside	San Diego	58.8	173,722	$86,701
103	Santa Paula	Ventura	58.6	30,788	$72,014
104	Morgan Hill	Santa Clara	58.5	45,291	$152,199
105	Torrance	Los Angeles	58.3	145,454	$109,554
106	El Cajon	San Diego	58.3	105,721	$64,128
107	Cerritos	Los Angeles	58.2	49,016	$124,460
108	San Luis Obispo	San Luis Obispo	58.2	47,529	$65,000
109	National City	San Diego	58.1	56,345	$59,850
110	Poway	San Diego	57.9	48,737	$135,605
111	Atascadero	San Luis Obispo	57.6	29,758	$88,984
112	West Hollywood	Los Angeles	57.3	35,358	$89,034
113	Beverly Hills	Los Angeles	57.3	32,406	$116,771
114	Palo Alto	Santa Clara	57	67,901	$214,118
115	Los Gatos	Santa Clara	56.9	33,093	$198,117
116	Paso Robles	San Luis Obispo	56.9	31,595	$83,948
117	Altadena	Los Angeles	56.5	42,719	$123,869
118	El Cerrito	Contra Costa	56.4	25,869	$120,414
119	Temple City	Los Angeles	56.3	36,165	$95,263
120	Alameda	Alameda	56.2	77,565	$129,917
121	Lompoc	Santa Barbara	56.2	44,086	$66,947
122	Gilroy	Santa Clara	56	58,696	$127,391
123	Norwalk	Los Angeles	55.9	101,893	$91,259
124	Saratoga	Santa Clara	55.9	30,771	$237,730
125	Emeryville	Alameda	55.9	12,840	$114,345
126	San Ramon	Contra Costa	55.8	86,119	$190,829
127	Pleasant Hill	Contra Costa	55.2	34,504	$137,685
128	Escondido	San Diego	54.8	151,114	$77,554
129	Dublin	Alameda	54.5	71,068	$191,039
130	La Mirada	Los Angeles	54.5	47,644	$104,130
131	Berkeley	Alameda	54.3	121,385	$104,716
132	Arcadia	Los Angeles	54.2	56,181	$108,214
133	West Covina	Los Angeles	53.4	108,173	$96,219
134	San Gabriel	Los Angeles	53.3	39,211	$84,056
135	Downey	Los Angeles	53.2	113,052	$84,236
136	Lawndale	Los Angeles	53.2	31,553	$76,213
137	Grass Valley	Nevada	53.2	13,964	$49,855
138	Alhambra	Los Angeles	52.7	82,295	$80,234
139	Brentwood	Contra Costa	52.7	64,443	$134,689
140	San Lorenzo	Alameda	52.7	29,759	$102,860
141	Covina	Los Angeles	52.6	50,717	$89,650
142	Rancho Palos Verdes	Los Angeles	52.6	41,805	$166,747
143	Pasadena	Los Angeles	52.3	137,554	$97,818
144	Seal Beach	Orange	52.1	25,046	$75,507
145	Bellflower	Los Angeles	52	78,352	$75,379
146	Carson	Los Angeles	51.9	94,475	$103,045
147	La Puente	Los Angeles	51.9	37,835	$77,702
148	Mammoth Lakes	Mono	51.9	7,253	$80,795
149	Long Beach	Los Angeles	51.8	462,293	$78,995
150	Hawthorne	Los Angeles	51.4	86,978	$72,298
151	Burbank	Los Angeles	51.3	106,389	$91,455
152	Baldwin Park	Los Angeles	51.3	71,692	$76,002
153	El Segundo	Los Angeles	51.3	17,081	$142,596
154	Hacienda Heights	Los Angeles	51.1	55,461	$101,420
155	Ramona	San Diego	51	22,118	$104,649
156	Pico Rivera	Los Angeles	50.8	61,561	$82,539
157	Gardena	Los Angeles	50.7	60,377	$75,443
158	Hercules	Contra Costa	50.3	26,041	$125,880
159	Los Angeles	Los Angeles	50.2	3,881,041	$76,244
160	Whittier	Los Angeles	50.1	86,459	$89,686
161	Monterey Park	Los Angeles	49.9	60,386	$76,892
162	Lynwood	Los Angeles	49.8	66,346	$67,350
163	Agoura Hills	Los Angeles	49.8	20,088	$157,930
164	Walnut	Los Angeles	49.7	28,212	$130,444
165	Inglewood	Los Angeles	49.4	106,806	$67,563
166	South Gate	Los Angeles	49.3	92,381	$67,188
167	Oakland	Alameda	48.9	437,825	$94,389
168	Eastvale	Riverside	48.9	69,594	$151,615
169	Rosemead	Los Angeles	48.9	51,043	$70,073
170	East Los Angeles	Los Angeles	48.8	117,222	$64,119
171	Paramount	Los Angeles	48.6	53,255	$67,197
172	Diamond Bar	Los Angeles	48.5	54,534	$106,881
173	Glendale	Los Angeles	48.4	194,512	$81,219
174	Compton	Los Angeles	48.4	94,822	$69,728
175	Maywood	Los Angeles	48.3	25,009	$57,615
176	Walnut Creek	Contra Costa	48.1	69,809	$129,971
177	Castro Valley	Alameda	47.8	65,444	$132,174
178	Westlake Village	Los Angeles	47.8	7,948	$188,681
179	La Verne	Los Angeles	47.7	31,239	$103,816
180	Huntington Park	Los Angeles	47.6	54,547	$54,073
181	San Pablo	Contra Costa	47.6	31,907	$72,552
182	Montebello	Los Angeles	47.5	62,056	$72,317
183	Newark	Alameda	47.5	47,470	$159,465
184	Pleasanton	Alameda	47.4	78,691	$181,639
185	Union City	Alameda	47.4	69,502	$138,013
186	Bell	Los Angeles	47.4	33,377	$56,685
187	Danville	Contra Costa	47.3	43,449	$209,518
188	Bell Gardens	Los Angeles	47.3	39,263	$53,935
189	Santa Clarita	Los Angeles	47.2	225,850	$116,186
190	Concord	Contra Costa	47.1	125,007	$107,789
191	San Leandro	Alameda	47.1	89,723	$97,141
192	Calabasas	Los Angeles	47	23,106	$154,079
193	El Monte	Los Angeles	46.9	108,682	$59,929
194	Livermore	Alameda	46.6	87,154	$152,590
195	Azusa	Los Angeles	46.5	49,704	$81,516
196	Fallbrook	San Diego	46.3	33,710	$78,479
197	Malibu	Los Angeles	46.1	10,698	$186,905
198	Pomona	Los Angeles	45.8	149,831	$73,515
199	Fremont	Alameda	45.4	228,795	$169,023
200	Lafayette	Contra Costa	45.3	25,310	$219,250
201	Pittsburg	Contra Costa	45.2	76,419	$98,408
202	Claremont	Los Angeles	45.2	36,891	$115,091
203	Salinas	Monterey	44.8	162,783	$84,250
204	Elk Grove	Sacramento	44.2	176,105	$115,864
205	Antelope	Sacramento	44.2	47,629	$92,117
206	Martinez	Contra Costa	44.1	37,093	$124,669
207	South Lake Tahoe	El Dorado	43.5	21,346	$67,686
208	Placerville	El Dorado	43	10,744	$68,640
209	Glendora	Los Angeles	42.7	52,095	$106,718
210	Oakley	Contra Costa	42.5	43,525	$120,915
211	Rowland Heights	Los Angeles	41.9	47,209	$85,842
212	Antioch	Contra Costa	41.6	115,016	$90,709
213	Folsom	Sacramento	40.6	81,077	$134,935
214	Hayward	Alameda	40.4	160,602	$105,371
215	San Dimas	Los Angeles	40.3	34,466	$102,241
216	Richmond	Contra Costa	40.1	115,619	$86,618
217	Monrovia	Los Angeles	39.3	37,656	$93,827
218	Monterey	Monterey	38.7	30,007	$98,003
219	Suisun City	Solano	38	29,350	$95,394
220	Sacramento	Sacramento	37.9	523,600	$78,954
221	Hollister	San Benito	37.9	42,093	$95,764
222	Citrus Heights	Sacramento	37.6	87,127	$75,022
223	Fair Oaks	Sacramento	37.4	32,754	$112,138
224	Carmichael	Sacramento	37.3	78,144	$80,138
225	Clovis	Fresno	36.6	120,607	$98,554
226	Corona	Riverside	36.4	158,346	$103,727
227	Seaside	Monterey	35.1	32,291	$80,239
228	Chico	Butte	34.4	102,790	$65,932
229	Arden-Arcade	Sacramento	34	96,076	$64,479
230	Santa Fe Springs	Los Angeles	34	18,840	$81,500
231	Murrieta	Riverside	33.9	111,899	$106,925
232	Davis	Yolo	33.5	67,203	$83,592
233	Orangevale	Sacramento	33.4	35,852	$95,212
234	Redding	Shasta	33.1	93,327	$67,323
235	Temecula	Riverside	33	110,114	$111,881
236	North Highlands	Sacramento	32.4	48,083	$62,156
237	Upland	San Bernardino	31.7	78,847	$93,994
238	Palmdale	Los Angeles	31.3	166,895	$78,414
239	Yuba City	Sutter	30.9	69,535	$70,412
240	Galt	Sacramento	30.9	25,350	$85,069
241	Norco	Riverside	30.9	25,328	$120,636
242	Fontana	San Bernardino	30.7	209,279	$93,230
243	Moreno Valley	Riverside	30.6	209,578	$82,637
244	Rancho Cucamonga	San Bernardino	30.6	174,696	$105,534
245	Riverside	Riverside	30.1	316,076	$83,448
246	Tracy	San Joaquin	29.8	94,027	$111,717
247	Vacaville	Solano	29.7	101,631	$106,764
248	Ukiah	Mendocino	29.6	16,496	$62,934
249	Lancaster	Los Angeles	29.1	171,465	$71,367
250	Modesto	Stanislaus	29	218,308	$73,375
251	Ceres	Stanislaus	28.9	49,183	$70,191
252	Montclair	San Bernardino	28.2	37,842	$72,789
253	Benicia	Solano	28	27,040	$124,375
254	Commerce	Los Angeles	27.9	12,253	$66,071
255	Vallejo	Solano	27.8	125,132	$86,112
256	Woodland	Yolo	27.6	61,227	$84,494
257	Turlock	Stanislaus	27.4	72,504	$74,559
258	Sanger	Fresno	27.3	26,553	$69,333
259	Rancho Cordova	Sacramento	27.1	79,128	$85,099
260	Oroville	Butte	26.7	20,283	$46,362
261	Beaumont	Riverside	26.4	53,544	$102,469
262	Fresno	Fresno	25.8	541,528	$63,001
263	Manteca	San Joaquin	25.8	83,897	$89,966
264	Jurupa Valley	Riverside	25.6	105,672	$91,562
265	Rancho Mirage	Riverside	25.6	17,257	$105,557
266	Rialto	San Bernardino	25.5	103,873	$80,750
267	Lodi	San Joaquin	25.5	66,509	$78,468
268	Chino	San Bernardino	25	91,008	$99,385
269	Patterson	Stanislaus	25	23,678	$86,031
270	Fairfield	Solano	24.8	119,420	$98,857
271	Reedley	Fresno	24.8	25,248	$61,629
272	Chino Hills	San Bernardino	24.7	78,223	$117,548
273	Menifee	Riverside	23.7	103,680	$87,871
274	Stockton	San Joaquin	23.4	320,030	$71,612
275	Lake Elsinore	Riverside	23.1	69,993	$89,788
276	Wildomar	Riverside	22.3	36,822	$89,912
277	La Quinta	Riverside	22.1	37,933	$92,776
278	Perris	Riverside	21.6	78,881	$78,352
279	Los Banos	Merced	21.6	45,560	$76,164
280	West Sacramento	Yolo	21.1	54,163	$87,044
281	Lathrop	San Joaquin	21.1	29,633	$108,732
282	Ontario	San Bernardino	20.7	176,326	$78,070
283	Eureka	Humboldt	19.6	26,519	$51,971
284	Redlands	San Bernardino	19.5	73,234	$94,473
285	Indio	Riverside	18.9	89,616	$68,436
286	Palm Desert	Riverside	18.8	51,290	$75,691
287	Visalia	Tulare	18.6	141,466	$75,658
288	San Jacinto	Riverside	18.6	54,077	$73,682
289	Atwater	Merced	18.6	31,841	$64,195
290	Hemet	Riverside	17.2	89,651	$49,901
291	Yucaipa	San Bernardino	16.7	54,428	$85,075
292	Colton	San Bernardino	16.3	53,959	$66,725
293	Highland	San Bernardino	16.1	56,789	$72,222
294	Cathedral City	Riverside	16.1	51,964	$63,209
295	Oildale	Kern	15.8	34,796	$45,976
296	San Bernardino	San Bernardino	15.7	221,041	$61,323
297	Calexico	Imperial	15.1	38,599	$51,667
298	Loma Linda	San Bernardino	14.6	24,883	$70,685
299	Lemoore	Kings	14	26,955	$78,366
300	Merced	Merced	13.7	87,686	$59,233
301	Hanford	Kings	13.5	57,920	$73,819
302	Palm Springs	Riverside	13.3	44,935	$67,451
303	Ridgecrest	Kern	13.1	28,118	$85,872
304	Bakersfield	Kern	12.9	404,321	$73,827
305	Tulare	Tulare	12.9	69,261	$65,933
306	El Centro	Imperial	12.2	44,184	$54,922
307	Banning	Riverside	12	29,929	$54,083
308	Coachella	Riverside	11.9	42,279	$52,466
309	Madera	Madera	11.8	66,784	$61,626
310	Delano	Kern	11.6	50,498	$53,639
311	Porterville	Tulare	10.9	62,491	$55,785
312	Desert Hot Springs	Riverside	10.5	32,386	$45,863
313	Brawley	Imperial	9.7	26,509	$56,229
314	Victorville	San Bernardino	9.5	134,417	$65,746
315	Hesperia	San Bernardino	9.5	99,878	$67,698
316	Big Bear Lake	San Bernardino	9.1	5,059	$70,020
317	Wasco	Kern	7.9	26,317	$48,109
318	Apple Valley	San Bernardino	7	75,603	$62,898
319	Adelanto	San Bernardino	6.8	37,960	$62,582
320	Shafter	Kern	5.4	20,162	$66,418
321	Barstow	San Bernardino	5.2	25,235	$52,200
322	Twentynine Palms	San Bernardino	4.6	28,006	$51,392

Score: the mean of four percentile ranks among these 322 cities: county competition, county business density, median household income and population density. Data: Census ACS 2018-2022 and County Business Patterns 2022.

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