ZIP 91345 vs ZIP 91340

This side-by-side compares ZIP 91345 (Mission Hills, CA) and ZIP 91340 (San Fernando, CA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 91345 has a population of 18,496 at 2,204 people per square mile, while ZIP 91340 has 34,188 at 3,904 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 91345 reports a median household income of $94,215 against $85,261 in ZIP 91340, with per-capita income of $34,267 vs $30,045. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 21.0% in 91345 and 13.6% in 91340. Poverty rate reads 8.6% vs 10.9%, and unemployment 5.5% vs 6.9% — 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 $712,200 in 91345 versus $661,500 in 91340, with median rent of $2,021 and $1,813 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 69.4% vs 64.5%. 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.