ZIP 90056 vs ZIP 90302

This side-by-side compares ZIP 90056 (Los Angeles, CA) and ZIP 90302 (Inglewood, CA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 90056 has a population of 7,827 at 1,913 people per square mile, while ZIP 90302 has 29,415 at 5,999 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 90056 reports a median household income of $133,048 against $73,777 in ZIP 90302, with per-capita income of $75,610 vs $35,442. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 54.8% in 90056 and 29.5% in 90302. Poverty rate reads 11.3% vs 13.0%, and unemployment 5.0% vs 7.8% — 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 $1,607,200 in 90056 versus $738,900 in 90302, with median rent of $2,335 and $1,827 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 57.5% vs 27.7%. 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.