ZIP Code 90002 — Los Angeles, California
90002 is a majority-renter, lower-income Los Angeles ZIP code with 52,122 residents in Los Angeles County. Median household income is $59,021, 13% below the median for Los Angeles ZIP codes on this site, and the median home is valued at $534,200.
How 90002 compares
| Figure | 90002 | LA ZIP median | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $59,021 | $67,834 | 80th of 95 |
| Median home value | $534,200 | $972,050 | 93rd of 95 |
| Median gross rent | $1,575 | $1,792 | 74th of 95 |
| Median age | 30.6 | 36.7 | 93rd of 95 |
| Mean commute (minutes) | 33.8 min | 30.8 min | 10th of 95 (tied) |
| Poverty rate | 23.0% | 18.4% | 20th of 95 |
| Owner-occupied homes | 39% | 29% | 42nd of 95 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 8% | 41% | 92nd of 95 |
| Unemployment rate | 9.5% | 8.6% | 20th of 95 (tied) |
Ranks count from the highest value (1st) among the 95 ZIP codes on this site with full Census data. The Los Angeles (LA) ZIP median is the middle value across the 60 of them with a Los Angeles mailing address.
What stands out in 90002
The median resident is 30.6 years old, 6.1 years younger than in the typical Los Angeles ZIP and the 3rd-youngest of 95.
The median owner-estimated home value is $534,200, 45% below the $972,050 Los Angeles ZIP median and the 3rd-lowest of 95. At 9.1 times median household income, homes here are closer to local incomes than in the typical Los Angeles ZIP (12.7).
Median household income is 3.0 times per-capita income ($19,591), the 3rd-highest of 95 on that ratio. That usually means larger households, often with more than one earner.
Buying and renting in 90002
Homes here cost 9.1 times the median household income, below the 12.7 of the typical Los Angeles ZIP, the 19th most attainable of 90 on price-to-income. No ZIP among its 5 nearest with an exact ratio is more attainable by this measure. Renting, the majority choice here, costs 32.0% of median household income, over HUD's 30% cost-burden line.
The 2026 affordability report ranks every ZIP on these two ratios.
90002 and its neighbors
90002 is typical of its immediate area: none of its main figures is far from the median of its five nearest ZIPs (90059, 90001, 90003, 90061, 90044).
The sharpest contrast is 90044 (Los Angeles), about 2.6 miles away, where the poverty rate is 26.1%, against 23.0% here. The closest match among the five is 90001 (Los Angeles).
Distances are straight lines between ZIP center points.
ZIP Code 90002 Census figures
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Postal and location facts
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Sources and methodology
Figures are U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-year estimates, 2020-2024 for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA), the Census Bureau's stand-in for a ZIP code. They describe the area over the five-year survey window, not a single year, and small areas carry wider margins of error. Comparisons and ranks are computed on this site from the same figures; the "Los Angeles ZIP median" is the middle value across the Los Angeles ZIP codes here, each counted once.
| Figure | Census table |
|---|---|
| Population | B01003 |
| Median age | B01002 |
| Median household income | B19013 |
| Poverty rate | S1701 |
| Unemployment rate | S2301 |
| Owner / renter share of occupied homes | B25003 |
| Median home value (owner estimate) | B25077 |
| Median gross rent | B25064 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher (age 25+) | S1501 |
| Mean travel time to work | DP03 |
Land and water area come from the Census Bureau's 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Area geography; density is population ÷ land area. Area codes come from North American Numbering Plan maps and ZIP city names from the USPS. Full field list, formulas and limitations: methodology.