About LA Zip Codes
What this site is
LA Zip Codes is a free reference for 96 ZIP codes in the City of Los Angeles and the cities around it, from Beverly Hills and Santa Monica to Compton, Downey, Pasadena, Long Beach and the Inland Empire edge at Ontario and Riverside. Each ZIP code page brings together the figures people most often need in one place: population and density, median household income, median home value and rent, owner-occupancy, poverty rate, educational attainment and unemployment, all from the U.S. Census Bureau, plus area code, coordinates and the nearby ZIPs. City and county pages roll those figures up, and our metro-wide reports analyze them across the whole dataset.
Who it is for
People moving to Los Angeles who need to compare areas before a housing search; residents deciding between two neighborhoods; real estate, lending and insurance professionals who need a quick, sourced figure; journalists and students researching how the region is changing. Every number is meant to be readable on a phone and citable in a report.
Who writes it
The site is compiled and maintained by the LA Zip Codes Data Team, a small group of data analysts and local-market researchers who turn federal datasets into ZIP-level profiles. The Census figures are pulled directly from published American Community Survey tables; the descriptions, FAQs and reports are written by the team from those figures. We do not accept sponsored rankings, paid placements or real-estate referral fees, and no advertiser has any say in what a page says. When we describe a ZIP as affordable, dense or high-poverty, the numbers behind that description are on the same page.
Where the data comes from
- U.S. Census Bureau — American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates at the ZIP Code Tabulation Area level: population, age, income, home value, rent, tenure, poverty, education, unemployment and land area.
- United States Postal Service — ZIP code definitions, city assignments and ZIP type.
- Public geographic data — coordinates, area codes and time zone.
The full account of sources, formulas, known limitations and update schedule is on the methodology page.
Original research
Beyond the per-ZIP profiles, the team publishes metro-wide analysis built from the same dataset. The current report is the Los Angeles ZIP Code Affordability Report 2026, which ranks every ZIP on price-to-income and rent-to-income, quantifies how rent burden tracks poverty, explains the Census $2 million home-value cap, and screens for the few ZIPs where a median income still buys the median home.
How the site stays free
There is no paywall, signup wall or email gate. The site is supported by lightweight display advertising, which never influences content. See the privacy policy for how advertising cookies are used.
Corrections
If a figure does not match its Census source, or a city assignment or nearby-ZIP list is wrong, we want to know. The methodology page explains how each figure was derived so you can check our work; substantive corrections are noted on the affected page when they are made.