ZIP 90042 vs ZIP 90041

This side-by-side compares ZIP 90042 (Los Angeles, CA) and ZIP 90041 (Los Angeles, CA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 90042 has a population of 62,430 at 5,187 people per square mile, while ZIP 90041 has 27,425 at 2,935 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 90042 reports a median household income of $95,282 against $114,526 in ZIP 90041, with per-capita income of $50,709 vs $59,784. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 42.8% in 90042 and 53.1% in 90041. Poverty rate reads 10.5% vs 8.7%, and unemployment 9.6% vs 6.7% — 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 $976,400 in 90042 versus $1,192,200 in 90041, with median rent of $1,913 and $1,808 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 47.4% vs 54.6%. 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.