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Sunset Beach, CA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Sunset Beach, CA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 831. 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 SUNSET-BEACH-CA · Sunset Beach, CA 1 ZIPs · 831 pop · #2007/25278 · Orange County

INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-RENT · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-UNK

  • INC-TOP $122,250
  • RANK-TOP #2007/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Huntington Beach
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-RENT 38% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 831
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-UNK Homes pending

Nearest income peer: Huntington Beach, CA (+ $51 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 Sunset Beach

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

median HH income

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

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Sunset Beach, CA sits among US cities with a top-decile household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 8%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
831
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$122,250
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 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $122,250 and home value - should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 72.3%.

Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (37.5%) for this income tier, rent $2,410 may matter more than the home-value average.

Within California, Alviso is the closest lower-income city and Huntington Beach the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 4 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Sunset Beach.

Population concentration

Sunset Beach's single ZIP 90742 carries the town

Sunset Beach is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 90742 is the entire residential footprint (831 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Sunset Beach's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 42 establishments, 403 employees , annual payroll $18,638k (~51 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 90742 (42 units) ; leading NAICS Accommodation and food services (11) · also Health care and social assistance · Professional, scientific, and technical services .

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ZIP Codes in Sunset Beach, CA

These ZIP codes sit in Orange County, which covers 88 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Sunset Beach. See the Orange County roll-up →

Sunset Beach sits in the upper half of Orange County on income: Anaheim, Santa Ana and Garden Grove report less, while Irvine and Mission Viejo report more. Westminster marks the far end of that range at $85,585, 30% below Sunset Beach.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
90742 831 $122,250 42 1,741
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Sunset Beach 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 Sunset Beach, .