ZIP 90077 vs ZIP 90210

This side-by-side compares ZIP 90077 (Los Angeles, CA) and ZIP 90210 (Beverly Hills, CA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 90077 has a population of 9,377 at 494 people per square mile, while ZIP 90210 has 21,741 at 829 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 90077 reports a median household income of $206,319 against $187,801 in ZIP 90210, with per-capita income of $143,204 vs $147,098. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 78.2% in 90077 and 68.1% in 90210. Poverty rate reads 7.2% vs 9.2%, and unemployment 6.9% vs 5.2% — 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 $2,000,001 in 90077 versus $2,000,001 in 90210, with median rent of $3,093 and $3,251 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 84.5% vs 70.7%. 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.