ZIP 90019 vs ZIP 90036

This side-by-side compares ZIP 90019 (Los Angeles, CA) and ZIP 90036 (Los Angeles, CA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 90019 has a population of 64,458 at 6,401 people per square mile, while ZIP 90036 has 36,865 at 5,762 per square mile. That difference in population size and density alone reshapes how every other metric should be interpreted — a higher-income ZIP with 1,200 residents behaves very differently from one with 45,000.

On income and education, ZIP 90019 reports a median household income of $73,934 against $109,785 in ZIP 90036, with per-capita income of $43,858 vs $80,548. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 39.0% in 90019 and 69.4% in 90036. Poverty rate reads 16.8% vs 11.0%, and unemployment 9.6% vs 9.5% — these four fields alone drive most of the difference in the scorecard grades you will see for each ZIP.

Housing separates these two ZIPs further: median home value sits at $1,273,700 in 90019 versus $1,881,900 in 90036, with median rent of $1,795 and $2,788 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 23.8% vs 13.7%. When reading the comparison table below, focus on paired metrics rather than single winners — a ZIP with lower home values and lower income is not strictly "worse" if rent-to-income ratios and commute times land in the same zone. Every value is pulled from the exact same ACS table so the two columns are genuinely comparable.