ZIP 90744 vs ZIP 90745

This side-by-side compares ZIP 90744 (Wilmington, CA) and ZIP 90745 (Carson, CA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 90744 has a population of 53,815 at 2,492 people per square mile, while ZIP 90745 has 57,251 at 2,663 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 90744 reports a median household income of $60,847 against $107,988 in ZIP 90745, with per-capita income of $24,506 vs $38,822. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 9.5% in 90744 and 28.2% in 90745. Poverty rate reads 21.5% vs 8.5%, and unemployment 6.9% vs 7.4% — 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 $631,500 in 90744 versus $679,100 in 90745, with median rent of $1,479 and $1,845 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 35.8% vs 67.8%. 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.