Downey, CA
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Downey, CA: 3 USPS ZIPs, population 111,772. 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 DOWNEY-CA · Downey, CA 3 ZIPs · 111,772 pop · #5704/25278 · Los Angeles County
INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FEW · OWN-LOW · POP-MID · SPREAD-TIGHT · HOME-TOP
- INC-HIGH $92,995
- RANK-UPPER #5704/25278
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Long Beach
- BOOK-FEW 3 ZIPs
- OWN-LOW 53% owners
- POP-MID 111,772
- SPREAD-TIGHT 90241→90240
- HOME-TOP $801,867
Nearest income peer: Long Beach, CA ( $424 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 Downey
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Downey on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Inglewood · lowest
Inglewood · lowest
$73,838 median HH income
- Palmdale · near
Palmdale · near
$82,806 median HH income
- Long Beach · near
Long Beach · near
$92,571 median HH income
- Downey · this city
Downey · this city
$92,995 median HH income
- Glendale · near
Glendale · near
$94,632 median HH income
- Whittier · near
Whittier · near
$102,400 median HH income
- Pasadena · highest
Pasadena · highest
$110,117 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, Downey, CA sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a mid-size population base, across a handful of delivery areas.
- Top 23%
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 111,772
- city population (Census)
- 3
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $92,995
- 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 $92,995 and home value $801,867 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 26.5%.
Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (53.3%) for this income tier, rent $1,933 may matter more than the home-value average.
Within California, Oakdale is the closest lower-income city and Woodland the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 2 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Downey.
Within-city ZIP comparison
Where the ZIP codes inside Downey differ
The published income range is comparatively compact across the ZIPs in Downey: $88,006 in ZIP 90241 to $101,904 in 90240. 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
- 1.2×
- Home-value high-to-low ratio
- 1.1×
- Poverty-rate spread
- 1.7 points
90241 to 90240
90242 to 90241
90241 to 90242
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
Downey residents split across a short ZIP set
No ZIP owns Downey: the largest, 90242, is only about 39% of 111,772 residents across 3 codes. Compare at least two ZIPs before treating the city roll-up as a neighborhood answer.
Census ZBP business roll-up
Balanced ZBP roll-up inside compact Downey
Citywide ZBP: 2,525 establishments, 39,775 employees , annual payroll $2,425,661k (~23 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 3 of 3 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 90241 (1,315 units) ; leading NAICS Health care and social assistance (383) · also Retail trade · Accommodation and food services .
ZIP Codes in Downey, CA
These ZIP codes sit in Los Angeles County, which covers 290 ZIP codes in all; 3 of them fall in Downey. See the Los Angeles County roll-up →
Downey sits in the upper half of Los Angeles County on income: Los Angeles, Lancaster and Palmdale report less, while Whittier, Torrance and Pasadena report more. Van Nuys marks the far end of that range at $73,875, 21% below Downey.
Side-by-side: Compare 90242 vs 90241 →
Downey 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 Downey, .