ZIP 90660 vs ZIP 90606

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