ZIP 90211 vs ZIP 90035

This side-by-side compares ZIP 90211 (Beverly Hills, CA) and ZIP 90035 (Los Angeles, CA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 90211 has a population of 8,434 at 4,649 people per square mile, while ZIP 90035 has 28,418 at 5,357 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 90211 reports a median household income of $122,694 against $105,013 in ZIP 90035, with per-capita income of $69,464 vs $73,965. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 65.6% in 90211 and 69.2% in 90035. Poverty rate reads 9.6% vs 10.5%, and unemployment 8.1% vs 7.5% — 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 90211 versus $1,908,900 in 90035, with median rent of $2,861 and $2,557 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 38.9% vs 30.5%. 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.