Fullerton, CA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Fullerton, CA: 4 USPS ZIPs, population 134,733. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet FULLERTON-CA · Fullerton, CA 4 ZIPs · 134,733 pop · #3034/25278 · Orange County

INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FEW · OWN-LOW · POP-MID · SPREAD-MOD · HOME-TOP

  • INC-TOP $110,387
  • RANK-TOP #3034/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Costa Mesa
  • BOOK-FEW 4 ZIPs
  • OWN-LOW 52% owners
  • POP-MID 134,733
  • SPREAD-MOD 92831→92835
  • HOME-TOP $910,800

Nearest income peer: Costa Mesa, CA (+ $1,235 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 Fullerton

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Fullerton on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

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.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Fullerton, CA sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a mid-size population base, across a handful of delivery areas.

Top 12%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
134,733
city population (Census)
4
USPS ZIP codes covered
$110,387
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 4 ZIPs: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $110,387 and home value $910,800 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 43.6%.

Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (51.9%) for this income tier, rent $2,229 may matter more than the home-value average.

Within California, Shasta is the closest lower-income city and Oak View the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Fullerton.

Within-city ZIP comparison

Where the ZIP codes inside Fullerton differ

Income is the clearest internal divide in Fullerton. ZIP 92831 reports $89,278 in median household income, while ZIP 92835 reports $143,817. The city average sits between those published endpoints, so it is a starting point rather than a substitute for the ZIP records.

Income high-to-low ratio
1.6×

92831 to 92835

Home-value high-to-low ratio
1.3×

92832 to 92835

Poverty-rate spread
12.3 points

92835 to 92832

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

Fullerton residents split across a short ZIP set

No ZIP owns Fullerton: the largest, 92833, is only about 38% of 134,733 residents across 4 codes. Compare at least two ZIPs before treating the city roll-up as a neighborhood answer.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Employer-heavy short list in Fullerton

Citywide ZBP: 4,026 establishments, 52,911 employees , annual payroll $3,060,709k (~30 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 4 of 4 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 92831 (1,179 units) ; leading NAICS Health care and social assistance (572) · also Professional, scientific, and technical services · Retail trade .

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ZIP Codes in Fullerton, CA

These ZIP codes sit in Orange County, which covers 88 ZIP codes in all; 4 of them fall in Fullerton. See the Orange County roll-up →

Fullerton lands mid-pack among the 12 cities sharing Orange County: Irvine, Huntington Beach and Orange earn more and Anaheim, Santa Ana and Garden Grove earn less. Irvine marks the far end of that range at $135,270, 23% above Fullerton.

Side-by-side: Compare 92833 vs 92831 →

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
92833 51,767 $114,176 1,110 2,729
92831 34,204 $89,278 1,179 2,210
92832 24,752 $94,275 904 3,408
92835 24,010 $143,817 833 1,539

Fullerton 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 Fullerton, .