ZIP 90716 vs ZIP 90715

This side-by-side compares ZIP 90716 (Hawaiian Gardens, CA) and ZIP 90715 (Lakewood, CA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 90716 has a population of 14,184 at 5,881 people per square mile, while ZIP 90715 has 20,388 at 4,629 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 90716 reports a median household income of $76,410 against $91,875 in ZIP 90715, with per-capita income of $25,749 vs $35,437. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 16.8% in 90716 and 26.8% in 90715. Poverty rate reads 16.4% vs 7.4%, and unemployment 4.8% vs 5.6% — 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 $569,400 in 90716 versus $743,200 in 90715, with median rent of $1,696 and $2,279 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 42.9% vs 48.4%. 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.