ZIP 90272 vs ZIP 90049

This side-by-side compares ZIP 90272 (Pacific Palisades, CA) and ZIP 90049 (Los Angeles, CA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 90272 has a population of 22,986 at 389 people per square mile, while ZIP 90049 has 35,482 at 912 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 90272 reports a median household income of $189,713 against $170,607 in ZIP 90049, with per-capita income of $141,322 vs $125,951. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 77.7% in 90272 and 79.7% in 90049. Poverty rate reads 6.1% vs 6.0%, and unemployment 4.9% vs 5.5% — 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 90272 versus $2,000,001 in 90049, with median rent of $3,501 and $2,957 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 79.9% vs 53.4%. 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.