ZIP Code 90023 — Los Angeles, California

    90023 is a renter-dominated, lower-income Los Angeles ZIP code with 43,857 residents in Los Angeles County. Median household income is $59,057, 13% below the median for Los Angeles ZIP codes on this site, and the median home is valued at $639,400.

    ZIP
    90023
    City
    Los Angeles
    County
    Los Angeles County
    Residents
    43,857

    How 90023 compares

    Figure90023LA ZIP medianRank
    Median household income$59,057$67,83479th of 95
    Median home value$639,400$972,05079th of 95
    Median gross rent$1,488$1,79285th of 95
    Median age32.736.784th of 95
    Mean commute (minutes)28.4 min30.8 min60th of 95 (tied)
    Poverty rate20.9%18.4%22nd of 95
    Owner-occupied homes25%29%63rd of 95
    Bachelor's degree or higher10%41%89th of 95 (tied)
    Unemployment rate8.0%8.6%41st 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 90023

    10% of adults 25 and older hold at least a bachelor's degree, tied for the 5th-lowest of 95; the Los Angeles ZIP median is 41%.

    Median household income is 2.9 times per-capita income ($20,376), the 10th-highest of 95 on that ratio. That usually means larger households, often with more than one earner.

    Median gross rent is $1,488, 17% below the $1,792 Los Angeles ZIP median and the 11th-lowest of 95. Rent is still heavy relative to income: at 30.2% of median household income, the typical renter here is past HUD's 30% cost-burden line.

    Buying and renting in 90023

    Homes here cost 10.8 times the median household income, below the 12.7 of the typical Los Angeles ZIP, the 44th least affordable of 90 on price-to-income. Renting, the majority choice here, costs 30.2% of median household income, over HUD's 30% cost-burden line.

    The 2026 affordability report ranks every ZIP on these two ratios.

    90023 and its neighbors

    Next to its five nearest ZIPs (90058, 90063, 90033, 90021, 90022), 90023 differs most on average commute: 28.4 min against a neighborhood median of 30.1 min, the shortest in the group.

    The sharpest contrast is 90021 (Los Angeles), about 2.2 miles away, where the poverty rate is 46.1%, against 20.9% here. The closest match among the five is 90033 (Los Angeles).

    Distances are straight lines between ZIP center points.

    ZIP Code 90023 Census figures

    People

    Population43,857
    Density10,152/sq mi
    Median age32.7
    Male50.3%
    Female49.7%

    Income and work

    Median household$59,057
    Per capita$20,376
    Poverty rate20.9%
    Unemployment8.0%

    Housing

    Housing units12,290
    Owner-occupied25%
    Renter-occupied75%
    Median home value$639,400
    Median gross rent$1,488

    Education (adults 25 and older)

    High school or higher54%
    Bachelor's or higher10%

    Postal and location facts

    USPS city
    Los Angeles
    County
    Los Angeles County
    Main area code
    323
    ZIP type
    Standard
    Time zone
    Pacific
    Approximate center
    34.0225° N, 118.1996° W
    Land area
    4.32 sq mi
    Water area
    0.06 sq mi

    The main area code is the code most numbers in the ZIP use; overlay codes can also be assigned in the same area.

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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.

    FigureCensus table
    PopulationB01003
    Median ageB01002
    Median household incomeB19013
    Poverty rateS1701
    Unemployment rateS2301
    Owner / renter share of occupied homesB25003
    Median home value (owner estimate)B25077
    Median gross rentB25064
    Bachelor's degree or higher (age 25+)S1501
    Mean travel time to workDP03

    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.

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