Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles County · California · United States
Home to 4,777 people across 0.326 square miles.
At a glance
90089 by the numbers
Every figure below comes from the 2019–2023 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, the Census Gazetteer, or is computed from those. Margins of error are shown where they matter.
Location
Where 90089 is
| Coordinates | 34.021543, -118.285574 |
|---|---|
| Time zone | America/Los_Angeles |
| County | Los Angeles County |
| State | California (CA) |
| Land area | 0.326 mi² |
| Coordinate source | Census ZCTA internal point |
Local time
America/Los_Angeles
Current weather
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Distance to major cities
Straight-line, computed from coordinates
| Los Angeles, CA | 3.2 mi |
|---|---|
| San Diego, CA | 111.1 mi |
| San Francisco, CA | 347.5 mi |
| Phoenix, AZ | 359.0 mi |
People
Who lives in 90089
4,777 residents in 6 households, averaging 796.17 people per household. The largest age group is 18-24 at 94.6% of residents.
Age distribution
Share of residents by age band
Households
Composition and size
| Total households | 6 |
|---|---|
| Average household size | 796.17 |
| Family households | 0.0% |
| Living alone | 0.0% |
| Median age | 19.6 years |
Race & ethnicity
Census race categories. Hispanic or Latino origin is asked separately and overlaps these groups.
Income & work
What people earn in 90089
Income data is suppressed for this ZIP code.
Compared to the US
This ZIP against the national median
| Median household income | — ±— |
|---|---|
| Per capita income | $7,741 |
| Poverty rate | 100.0% |
| Unemployment rate | 15.6% |
| Labor force participation | 35.3% |
Household income distribution
Share of households in each bracket
Educational attainment among residents 25 and older: 71.6% hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 99.5% finished high school.
Housing
Homes and rent in 90089
Housing cost data is suppressed for this ZIP code.
Costs
Typical values
| Median home value | — |
|---|---|
| Median gross rent | —/mo |
| Median year built | 1996 |
| Housing units | 31 |
| Vacancy rate | 80.6% |
Own vs. rent
Of 6 occupied units
| Owner households | 0 |
|---|---|
| Renter households | 6 |
Building types
Units by structure size
Getting to work
How 90089 commutes
49.9% of workers walked, and the average one-way trip takes 16.2 minutes. 23.8% work from home.
Mode of transport
Workers 16 and older
Travel time
Mean commute 16.2 minutes
Overview
Understanding ZIP code 90089
ZIP code 90089 is assigned to Los Angeles, CA, and falls within Los Angeles County. Like every US postal code, it began as a mail-routing device rather than a geographic boundary — the US Postal Service groups delivery routes under a single code so carriers and sorting equipment can process mail efficiently. Today it also serves as a practical shorthand for the area itself: roughly 4,777 people live inside it.
At 14,653 residents per square mile spread over 0.326 square miles, 90089 reads as a dense urban area. It is a smaller postal code by population, and density shapes almost everything else on this page — how people get to work, whether they own or rent, and what housing costs.
Living here
What life in Los Angeles looks like
The building stock is dominated by larger apartment buildings of twenty units or more, which account for 100.0% of housing units here. The median construction year is 1996, making the housing here from the later twentieth century. The vacancy rate of 80.6% is high, which in many places reflects seasonal or second-home use rather than abandonment.
The population skews notably young, with a median age of 19.6 against 42 nationally. Households are relatively large at 796.17 people on average, with 0.0% classified as family households.
Getting to work takes 16.2 minutes on average one way. The dominant mode is walked at 49.9% of workers, while 49.9% walk, 23.8% work from home. Commute patterns are one of the better proxies for how a place actually functions day to day.
Where to stay
Where to stay in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles sits in a densely built environment, and accommodation in and around 90089 tends to reflect that — full-service hotels, boutique properties and serviced apartments packed close together, usually within walking distance of transit. Rates in dense urban codes move sharply with the calendar: midweek business demand and weekend leisure demand can price very differently.
For reference, Los Angeles, CA is about 3.2 miles away in a straight line, which is worth factoring in if you are comparing a stay here against one closer to the city centre.
Availability and pricing change constantly, so the live search below will give you a more accurate picture than any figure we could publish here. It opens results for this area on Booking.com.
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Practical uses
What ZIP code 90089 is used for
Beyond addressing mail, 90089 does a lot of quiet administrative work. Retailers use it to calculate shipping and sales tax at checkout. Insurers use it to set premiums, since risk profiles vary geographically. Employers and marketers use it to define service areas. Government agencies use it to route benefits and organise reporting. If you have ever been asked for a postal code by a form that clearly does not intend to send you anything, this is why.
For anyone weighing a move, 90089 offers a compact profile of Los Angeles: 4,777 residents, 71.6% of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher, and an unemployment rate of 15.6%. A handful of figures like these answer more relocation questions than most neighbourhood guides do.
One caution worth repeating: a postal code is not a neighbourhood. 90089 may cover parts of several distinct areas, and a single neighbourhood in Los Angeles may be split across more than one code. Boundaries also shift as USPS adjusts delivery routes. Treat the figures here as describing a delivery area, which is what they actually measure.
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ZIP codes near 90089
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Methodology
Where this data comes from
- Postal geography — GeoNames open postal code database (CC BY 4.0), cross-checked against the US Census Gazetteer.
- Demographics, income, housing, commute — US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019–2023 5-Year Estimates, ZIP Code Tabulation Area 90089. Tables B01001, B01002, B01003, B02001, B03003, B08301, B08303, B11001, B15003, B17001, B19001, B19013, B19301, B23025, B25002, B25003, B25024, B25035, B25064, B25077, B28002.
- Land and water area — US Census Bureau 2023 Gazetteer Files.
- Weather — NOAA National Weather Service, fetched live in your browser.
- Map — OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).