Median household income (1999): $36,064
Estimated median household income in 2005: $41,942
| This zip code | $41,942 | | California: | $53,629 |
Nearest zip codes: 90041, 90065, 91030, 90032, 91105, 90031.
Housing units in zip code 90042 with a mortgage: 5,533 (753 second mortgage, 380 home equity loan, 7 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,459
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $1,285
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $242
Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
| This zip code: | 19.1% | | Whole state: | 14.2% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
| This zip code: | 7.1% | | Whole state: | 6.3% |
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
| Here: | 4.7 | | State: | 5.8 |
Median number of rooms in apartments:
| Here: | 3.0 | | State: | 3.5 |
Year house built:
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- 1999 to March 2000: 60
- 1995 to 1998: 222
- 1990 to 1994: 846
- 1980 to 1989: 2,844
- 1970 to 1979: 2,180
- 1960 to 1969: 3,097
- 1950 to 1959: 3,319
- 1940 to 1949: 2,411
- 1939 or earlier: 5,716
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Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Los Angeles, CA (90042):
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- no bedroom: 299
- 1 bedrooms: 1,731
- 2 bedrooms: 3,316
- 3 bedrooms: 2,281
- 4 bedrooms: 689
- 5 or more bedrooms: 136
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Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments and housing units:
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- no bedroom: 2,181
- 1 bedrooms: 4,578
- 2 bedrooms: 3,492
- 3 bedrooms: 685
- 4 bedrooms: 170
- 5 or more bedrooms: 18
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Vehicles available in 90042 zip code in owner-occupied houses/condos:
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- no vehicle: 493
- 1 vehicle: 2,631
- 2 vehicles: 3,367
- 3 vehicles: 1,276
- 4 vehicles: 481
- 5 or more vehicles: 204
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Vehicles available in renter-occupied apartments:
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- no vehicle: 2,295
- 1 vehicle: 5,253
- 2 vehicles: 2,778
- 3 vehicles: 592
- 4 vehicles: 144
- 5 or more vehicles: 62
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Estimated household income distribution in 2005:

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Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2005 in zip code 90042:
- $10,000 to $14,999: 30
- $15,000 to $19,999: 39
- $20,000 to $24,999: 19
- $25,000 to $29,999: 6
- $30,000 to $34,999: 5
- $35,000 to $39,999: 56
- $40,000 to $49,999: 6
- $50,000 to $59,999: 49
- $60,000 to $69,999: 40
- $70,000 to $79,999: 65
- $80,000 to $89,999: 136
- $90,000 to $99,999: 146
- $100,000 to $124,999: 823
- $125,000 to $149,999: 1500
- $150,000 to $174,999: 1542
- $175,000 to $199,999: 1182
- $200,000 to $249,999: 812
- $250,000 to $299,999: 371
- $300,000 to $399,999: 130
- $400,000 to $499,999: 10
- $500,000 to $749,999: 18
- $750,000 to $999,999: 7
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Rent paid by renters in 2000 in zip code 90042:
- Less than $100: 87
- $100 to $149: 70
- $150 to $199: 225
- $200 to $249: 46
- $250 to $299: 126
- $300 to $349: 279
- $350 to $399: 370
- $400 to $449: 1011
- $450 to $499: 1314
- $500 to $549: 1494
- $550 to $599: 1285
- $600 to $649: 1275
- $650 to $699: 883
- $700 to $749: 540
- $750 to $799: 356
- $800 to $899: 598
- $900 to $999: 353
- $1,000 to $1,249: 415
- $1,250 to $1,499: 93
- $1,500 to $1,999: 34
- $2,000 or more: 7
- No cash rent: 249
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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $157,900
Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2005 for: - White Non-Hispanic householders: $407,036
- Black or African American householders: $438,016
- American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $351,271
- Asian householders: $399,172
- Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $327,678
- Some other race householders: $351,271
- Two or more races householders: $386,779
- Hispanic or Latino householders: $364,140
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 9,716
- One, attached: 2,215
- Two: 878
- 3 or 4: 1,146
- 5 to 9: 1,339
- 10 to 19: 1,867
- 20 to 49: 1,975
- 50 or more: 1,468
- Mobile homes: 71
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 20

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Means of transportation to work
- Drove a car alone: 16,276 (66%)
- Carpooled: 4,694 (19%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2,572 (10%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 17 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 8 (0%)
- Railroad: 8 (0%)
- Taxi: 14 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 56 (0%)
- Bicycle: 56 (0%)
- Walked: 541 (2%)
- Other means: 111 (0%)
- Worked at home: 491 (2%)
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Travel time to work
- Less than 5 minutes: 249
- 5 to 9 minutes: 1070
- 10 to 14 minutes: 2049
- 15 to 19 minutes: 3436
- 20 to 24 minutes: 3508
- 25 to 29 minutes: 1178
- 30 to 34 minutes: 5307
- 35 to 39 minutes: 558
- 40 to 44 minutes: 1213
- 45 to 59 minutes: 2807
- 60 to 89 minutes: 2019
- 90 or more minutes: 959
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Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 96.4%
Household type by relationship
Households: 64,153
- In family households: 57,307 (9,694 male householders, 4,619 female householders)
9,471 spouses, 22,644 children (21,554 natural, 257 adopted, 833 stepchildren), 1,794 grandchildren, 1,629 brothers or sisters, 1,239 parents, 3,756 other relatives, 2,461 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 6,846 (2,860 male householders (2,130 living alone)), 2,456 female householders (1,993 living alone)), 1,530 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 675 (316 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 3,309 2-persons, 3,008 3-persons, 3,169 4-persons, 2,156 5-persons, 1,354 6-persons, 1,317 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 4,123 1-person, 1,027 2-persons, 80 3-persons, 62 4-persons, 16 5-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons.
11,567 married couples with children.
5,211 single-parent households (1,218 men, 3,993 women).
26.8% of residents of 90042 zip code speak English at home.
60.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (48% very well, 22% well, 20% not well, 9% not at all).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (77% very well, 15% well, 8% not well, 1% not at all).
10.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (49% very well, 22% well, 20% not well, 8% not at all).
0.7% of residents speak other language at home (54% very well, 15% well, 19% not well, 12% not at all).
Foreign born population: 28,715 (44.4%)
(34.5% of them are naturalized citizens)
| This zip code: | 44.4% | | Whole state: | 26.2% |
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
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- Mexico (53%)
- El Salvador (12%)
- Philippines (8%)
- Guatemala (7%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (4%)
- Vietnam (2%)
- Korea (2%)
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Year of entry for the foreign-born population
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- 1995 to March 2000: 4,384
- 1990 to 1994: 4,669
- 1985 to 1989: 5,629
- 1980 to 1984: 4,331
- 1975 to 1979: 3,905
- 1970 to 1974: 2,561
- 1970 to 1974: 1,490
- 1965 to 1969: 1,746
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First ancestries reported:
- Other groups: 50100
- German: 1100
- Irish: 977
- English: 936
- United States or American: 870
- Italian: 671
- Polish: 233
- Arab:: 217
- French (except Basque): 186
- European: 185
- Subsaharan African:: 169
- Hungarian: 152
- Swedish: 145
- Scotch-Irish: 142
- Armenian: 126
- African: 122
- Russian: 118
- British: 113
- Scottish: 112
- Welsh: 105
- Norwegian: 104
- Lebanese: 96
- Croatian: 95
- Egyptian: 90
- Greek: 89
- Dutch: 71
- Iranian: 65
- Danish: 58
- Portuguese: 48
- Ukrainian: 47
- Lithuanian: 46
- French Canadian: 41
- Romanian: 37
- Brazilian: 36
- Eastern European: 34
- Swiss: 28
- Northern European: 27
- Basque: 26
- Austrian: 24
- Pennsylvania German: 22
- West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 22
- Canadian: 20
- Australian: 19
- Nigerian: 17
- Syrian: 16
- Jamaican: 16
- Arab/Arabic: 15
- Serbian: 14
- Finnish: 14
- Scandinavian: 12
- Ghanian: 11
- Macedonian: 10
- Israeli: 9
- Ethiopian: 9
- South African: 6
- Celtic: 6
- Belizean: 6
- Czechoslovakian: 5
- Yugoslavian: 5
- Latvian: 4
- Somalian: 4
- Czech: 1

Median worth of mobile homes: $155,100


Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 2%
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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- Utility gas (72%)
- Electricity (22%)
- No fuel used (4%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
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Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 29105
- Northeast: 1243
- Midwest: 1579
- South: 2177
- West: 1454
54% of the 90042 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 90% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 51% lived in California.
Population in 1990: 60,003. Population change in the 1990s: +4,657 (+7.8%).
Year Householders Moved Into Unit:
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Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,038
| Here: | 10.8% | | California: | 9.9% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 333
| Here: | 7.8% | | California: | 7.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 837
| Here: | 20.0% | | California: | 15.4% |
School Enrollment by Level of School
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Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:
- Accommodation and Food Services: Limited-Service Restaurants (20-49 employees: 6 establishments, 10-19 employees: 7 establishments, 5-9 employees: 2 establishments, 1-4 employees: 9 establishments)
- Health Care and Social Assistance: All Other Outpatient Care Centers (100-249: 1, 1-4: 1)
- Accommodation and Food Services: Full-Service Restaurants (20-49: 2, 10-19: 3, 5-9: 4, 1-4: 7)
- Health Care and Social Assistance: Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) (20-49: 2, 10-19: 1, 5-9: 2, 1-4: 12)
- Health Care and Social Assistance: Nursing Care Facilities (50-99: 1, 20-49: 1)
- Construction: New Multifamily Housing Construction (except Operative Builders) (50-99: 1)
- Utilities: Water Supply and Irrigation Systems (50-99: 1)
Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
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Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
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Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
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Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
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Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
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Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)
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People in group quarters
- 173 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 139 people in nursing homes
- 119 people in residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children
- 72 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 67 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 38 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 26 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 17 people in religious group quarters
- 13 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 8 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
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