La Mirada, CA: how dark is the sky here?

Satellite radiance puts La Mirada in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. La Mirada's sky is brighter than 82.1% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

This comes from a satellite measuring light radiating upward, not a person's eyes on the ground, so it isn't the same as a Bortle class, though the two track each other closely.

How far La Mirada is from a meaningfully darker sky

8 miles from La Mirada, straight-line, sits Brea, CA, the nearest city here with a darker sky than La Mirada's own suburban band.

Brea, CA is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.

How La Mirada compares nationally

About 46,367 people live in La Mirada, CA, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. La Mirada places 2,616 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.