ZIP 90027 vs ZIP 90029

This side-by-side compares ZIP 90027 (Los Angeles, CA) and ZIP 90029 (Los Angeles, CA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 90027 has a population of 45,151 at 2,143 people per square mile, while ZIP 90029 has 38,617 at 10,949 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 90027 reports a median household income of $94,521 against $60,440 in ZIP 90029, with per-capita income of $69,856 vs $36,156. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 58.2% in 90027 and 34.7% in 90029. Poverty rate reads 14.3% vs 22.8%, and unemployment 9.0% vs 10.6% — 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 $1,776,400 in 90027 versus $1,124,400 in 90029, with median rent of $1,940 and $1,675 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 20.0% vs 10.3%. 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.