ZIP 91011 vs ZIP 91020

This side-by-side compares ZIP 91011 (La Canada Flintridge, CA) and ZIP 91020 (Montrose, CA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 91011 has a population of 20,280 at 661 people per square mile, while ZIP 91020 has 8,415 at 4,320 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 91011 reports a median household income of $241,875 against $72,125 in ZIP 91020, with per-capita income of $105,500 vs $48,967. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 75.1% in 91011 and 52.8% in 91020. Poverty rate reads 3.5% vs 9.1%, and unemployment 5.0% vs 5.5% — 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 $2,000,001 in 91011 versus $911,200 in 91020, with median rent of $2,873 and $2,358 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 86.9% vs 23.5%. 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.