ZIP 91423 vs ZIP 91401

This side-by-side compares ZIP 91423 (Sherman Oaks, CA) and ZIP 91401 (Van Nuys, CA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 91423 has a population of 30,991 at 2,743 people per square mile, while ZIP 91401 has 39,285 at 4,393 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 91423 reports a median household income of $109,461 against $79,552 in ZIP 91401, with per-capita income of $81,693 vs $43,806. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 64.0% in 91423 and 38.7% in 91401. Poverty rate reads 6.8% vs 15.2%, and unemployment 10.9% vs 8.5% — 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 $1,430,800 in 91423 versus $1,047,700 in 91401, with median rent of $2,277 and $1,881 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 37.2% vs 33.3%. 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.