ZIP 90710 vs ZIP 90717

This side-by-side compares ZIP 90710 (Harbor City, CA) and ZIP 90717 (Lomita, CA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 90710 has a population of 25,457 at 4,175 people per square mile, while ZIP 90717 has 21,318 at 4,155 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 90710 reports a median household income of $82,478 against $94,241 in ZIP 90717, with per-capita income of $39,448 vs $44,574. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 33.0% in 90710 and 34.4% in 90717. Poverty rate reads 11.0% vs 13.3%, and unemployment 7.9% vs 4.8% — 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 $689,300 in 90710 versus $839,000 in 90717, with median rent of $1,550 and $1,912 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 56.2% vs 44.8%. 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.