ZIP 90065 vs ZIP 90039

This side-by-side compares ZIP 90065 (Los Angeles, CA) and ZIP 90039 (Los Angeles, CA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 90065 has a population of 45,527 at 3,330 people per square mile, while ZIP 90039 has 28,514 at 2,920 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 90065 reports a median household income of $94,784 against $113,818 in ZIP 90039, with per-capita income of $55,414 vs $71,410. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 42.1% in 90065 and 58.0% in 90039. Poverty rate reads 13.9% vs 10.0%, and unemployment 8.9% vs 7.7% — 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 $1,085,300 in 90065 versus $1,264,500 in 90039, with median rent of $1,822 and $2,250 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 47.3% vs 45.7%. 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.