90021

The median income of households in 90021 was $32,222. An estimated 25% of households had income below $10,000 a year and 10.9% had income of $200,000 or more.

An estimated 69.3% of households received earnings. An estimated 8.6% of households received Social Security and an estimated 1.7 % of households received retirement income other than Social Security. The average income from Social Security was $24,905. These income sources are not mutually exclusive; that is, some households received income from more than one source.

In 2020-2024, 46.1 % of people were in poverty. An estimated 88.6% of children under 18 were below the poverty level, compared with 32.3% of people 65 years old and over. An estimated 39.8% of people 18 to 64 years were below the poverty level.

In 2020-2024, 36.8 % of households received SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). An estimated 18.7% of households that received SNAP had children under 18, and 20.3% of households that received SNAP had one or more people 60 years and over. An estimated 2.5% of all households receiving SNAP were families with a female householder and no spouse present.

Among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 90021 in 2020-2024, 89.9% had health insurance coverage and 10.1% did not have health insurance coverage. Private coverage was 28.7% and public coverage was 67.2%, respectively. The percentage of children under the age of 19 with no health insurance coverage was 0%.

In 2020-2024, 90021 had a total population of 2,897 - 1,370 (47.3%) females and 1,527 (52.7%) males. The median age was 40.5 years. An estimated 15.5% of the population was under 18 years, 42.6% was 19 to 44 years, 30.5% was 45 to 64 years, and 10.4 % was 65 years and older.

In 2020-2024, there were 1,498 households in 90021. The average household size was 1.75 people.

Married-couple households made up 14.8% of the households in 90021 while cohabiting couple households made up 6.7% of households. Female householders with no spouse or partner present were 39.2% of all households, while 39.3% of households had male householders with no spouse or partner present. Some households had one person, as 31.8% of households were male householders living alone, and 33.5% were female householders living alone, for a total of 65.3% of all households.

In 90021, 14.6% of all households had one or more people under the age of 18; 10.6% of all households had one or more people 65 years and over.

In 2020-2024, an estimated 71.2% of the people living in 90021 were U.S. natives. 49.1% of the 90021 population were living in the state where they were born.

Approximately 28.8% of 90021 residents in 2020-2024 were foreign-born. 28.1% of foreign-born were naturalized U.S. citizens and an estimated 78.5 % entered the country before the year 2010.

Foreign-born residents of 90021 come from different parts of the world. The bar graph below displays the percentage of foreign-born from each world region of birth in 2020-2024 for 90021.

Among people at least five years old living in 90021 in 2020-2024, 43.8 % spoke a language other than English at home. Spanish was spoken by 41.7% of people at least five years old; 23.1% reported that they did not speak English "very well."

In 2020-2024, 80.9 % of the people at least one year old living in 90021 were living in the same house one year earlier.

In 2020-2024, 66.3 % of people 25 years and over had at least graduated from high school and 23.3% had a bachelor's degree or higher. An estimated 33.8% did not complete high school.

The total school enrollment in 90021 was 464 in 2020-2024. Nursery school enrollment was 23 and kindergarten through 12th grade enrollment was 372. College or graduate school enrollment was 69.

In 90021, among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 2020-2024, 18.2 % reported a disability. The likelihood of having a disability varied by age - from 0% of people under 18 years old, to 16.2% of people 18 to 64 years old, and to 60.3% of those 65 and over.

In 90021, 53.9 % of the population 16 and over were employed; 39.9% were not currently in the labor force.

An estimated 84.4% of the people employed were private wage and salary workers; 3% were federal, state, or local government workers; and 12.6 % were self-employed in their own (not incorporated) business.

In 2020-2024, the civilian employed population 16 years and older in 90021 worked in the following industries:

An estimated 36.7% of 90021 workers drove to work alone in 2020-2024, and 7.3% carpooled. Among those who commuted to work, it took them on average 36.1 minutes to get to work.

In 2020-2024, 90021 had a total of 1,694 housing units. Of these housing units, 6.3% were single-family houses either not attached to any other structure or attached to one or more structures (commonly referred to as "townhouses" or "row houses"). 93.8% of the housing units were located in multi-unit structures, or those buildings that contained two or more apartments. 0% were mobile homes, while any remaining housing units were classified as "other," which included boats, recreational vehicles, vans, etc.

10% of the housing inventory was comprised of houses built since 2010, while 53% of the houses were first built in 1939 or earlier. The median number of rooms in all housing units in 90021 was 1.4 rooms, and of these housing units 5.5% had three or more bedrooms.

In 2020-2024, 90021 had 1,498 housing units that were occupied or had people living in them, while the remaining 196 were vacant. Of the occupied housing units, the percentage of these houses occupied by owners (also known as the homeownership rate) was 8.1% while renters occupied 91.9%. The average household size of owner-occupied houses was 1.35 and in renter-occupied houses it was 1.79.

8.4% of householders of these occupied houses had moved into their house since 2021, while 2.4% moved into their house in 1989 or earlier. Households without a vehicle available for personal use comprised 48.4% and another 1.1% had three or more vehicles available for use.

The following chart provides the primary fuel used to heat houses in 90021:

In 2020-2024, the median property value for owner-occupied houses in 90021 was $1,102,600.

Of the owner-occupied households, 79.5 % had a mortgage. 20.5% owned their houses "free and clear," that is without a primary mortgage or loan on the house. The median monthly housing costs for owners with a mortgage was $4,000+ and for owners without a mortgage it was $NaN.

For renter-occupied houses, the median gross rent for 90021 was $1,089. Gross rent includes the monthly contract rent and any monthly payments made for electricity, gas, water and sewer, and any other fuels to heat the house.