Carson, CA
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Carson, CA: 3 USPS ZIPs, population 83,241. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
U.S. Census Bureau, SimpleMaps US ZIP Code Database, delivery-area ZIP coverage
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet CARSON-CA · Carson, CA 3 ZIPs · 83,241 pop · #2996/25278 · Los Angeles County
INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FEW · OWN-MID · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-TIGHT · HOME-TOP
- INC-TOP $110,676
- RANK-TOP #2996/25278
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Pasadena
- BOOK-FEW 3 ZIPs
- OWN-MID 77% owners
- POP-SMALL 83,241
- SPREAD-TIGHT 90745→90746
- HOME-TOP $724,600
Nearest income peer: Pasadena, CA ( $559 income $)
Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Carson
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Carson on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Inglewood · lowest
Inglewood · lowest
$73,838 median HH income
- Glendale · near
Glendale · near
$94,632 median HH income
- Whittier · near
Whittier · near
$102,400 median HH income
- Torrance · near
Torrance · near
$107,254 median HH income
- Pasadena · near
Pasadena · near
$110,117 median HH income
- Carson · this city · highest
Carson · this city · highest
$110,676 median HH income
What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Carson, CA sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a small-city population base, across a handful of delivery areas.
- Top 12%
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 83,241
- city population (Census)
- 3
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $110,676
- avg ZIP median income
Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.
High-income footprint on only 3 ZIPs: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $110,676 and home value $724,600 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 31.4%.
Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (76.7%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Carson as a pure owner town.
Within California, Arroyo Grande is the closest lower-income city and Concord the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 4 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Carson.
Within-city ZIP comparison
Where the ZIP codes inside Carson differ
The published income range is comparatively compact across the ZIPs in Carson: $107,988 in ZIP 90745 to $113,364 in 90746. The city average is therefore a more representative summary here, though each ZIP page still carries its own housing and demographic record.
- Income high-to-low ratio
- 1.0×
- Home-value high-to-low ratio
- 1.1×
- Poverty-rate spread
- 0.9 points
90745 to 90746
90745 to 90746
90745 to 90746
Derived from the published ACS 2023 ZIP-level records shown on this site. A high-to-low ratio compares the highest and lowest available ZIP values; it is not a score or forecast.
Population concentration
Lead ZIP 90745 skews compact Carson
In this 3-ZIP cluster, 90745 covers about 69% of Carson's 83,241 residents. City averages lean toward that lead; open a thinner sibling ZIP for the contrast the mean hides.
Census ZBP business roll-up
Balanced ZBP roll-up inside compact Carson
Citywide ZBP: 1,682 establishments, 34,864 employees , annual payroll $2,060,924k (~20 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 3 of 3 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 90745 (867 units) ; leading NAICS Transportation and warehousing (252) · also Health care and social assistance · Wholesale trade .
ZIP Codes in Carson, CA
These ZIP codes sit in Los Angeles County, which covers 290 ZIP codes in all; 3 of them fall in Carson. See the Los Angeles County roll-up →
No other city sharing Los Angeles County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Carson. Los Angeles, Long Beach and Whittier sit below it, so a household comparing this county on income alone starts here. Van Nuys marks the far end of that range at $73,875, 33% below Carson.
Side-by-side: Compare 90745 vs 90746 →
Carson roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Carson, .