ZIP 90606 vs ZIP 90660

This side-by-side compares ZIP 90606 (Whittier, CA) and ZIP 90660 (Pico Rivera, CA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 90606 has a population of 32,396 at 3,307 people per square mile, while ZIP 90660 has 62,928 at 3,135 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 90606 reports a median household income of $100,428 against $88,201 in ZIP 90660, with per-capita income of $33,421 vs $32,082. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 19.1% in 90606 and 16.3% in 90660. Poverty rate reads 11.1% vs 10.3%, and unemployment 4.6% vs 4.9% — 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 $660,100 in 90606 versus $648,600 in 90660, with median rent of $1,871 and $1,786 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 71.9% vs 70.5%. 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.