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90249

ZIP 90249 is in Gardena, California, in Los Angeles County; Pacific time. Gardena has 3 ZIP codes; the others are 90247 and 90248.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
County
Los Angeles
Population
26,290
Coordinates
33.9014, -118.3157
☼ Live from 90249 — Gardena, CA

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Where 90249 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 90249
  • 🔢 Type 90249 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GhZOG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 90,249 = 3 × 67 × 449. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10110000010001001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 90248 (Gardena, CA, 2 mi away) and 90250 (Hawthorne, CA, 2 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 90249 becomes 94209 — and that is a real ZIP code: Sacramento, CA, 369 miles away.
  • 👥 18 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (04929, 04992, 09249, 29409, 29904, 29940, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09249 in APO AE, a military post office, 5,796 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 80% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 92%.
  • 🎯1,162 miles west of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 90249 and you would come out at 33.90°S, 61.68°E — 977 miles from Saint-Denis, Reunion, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 25m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 54m.
  • 📏 At 3.0 square miles of land, 90249 is bigger than 14% of ZIP codes — room for about 2.3 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population26,290This ZIP26,290
Households8,891This ZIP8,891
Housing units9,214This ZIP9,214
Median age39.8This ZIP39.8California37.9US 38.9
Median household income$89,712This ZIP$89,712California$99,122US $80,734
Median home value$768,000This ZIP$768,000California$734,700US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,775This ZIP$1,775California$2,036US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher26.2%This ZIP26.2%
Mean commute30.0 minThis ZIP30.0 min
Population density8,845.9 / sq miThis ZIP8,845.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments761This ZIP761
Employees9,690This ZIP9,690
Annual payroll$528,255,000This ZIP$528,255,000
Tax returns filed13,260This ZIP13,260
Total adjusted gross income$872,887,000This ZIP$872,887,000

Land area

Land area2.97 sq miThis ZIP2.97 sq mi
Water area0.03 sq miThis ZIP0.03 sq mi

Other place names in 90249

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ZIP codes near 90249

ZIPCityDistance
90247 Gardena, CA 1.3 mi
90506 Torrance, CA 1.4 mi
90260 Lawndale, CA 2.1 mi
90250 Hawthorne, CA 2.2 mi
90261 Lawndale, CA 2.3 mi
90251 Hawthorne, CA 2.4 mi
90248 Gardena, CA 2.4 mi
90504 Torrance, CA 2.5 mi
90303 Inglewood, CA 2.6 mi
90061 Los Angeles, CA 2.7 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 90249?

90249 is in Gardena, California, in Los Angeles County, part of the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 33.9014, -118.3157.

What county is 90249 in?

90249 lies in Los Angeles County.

What time zone is 90249 in?

90249 uses America/Los_Angeles.

How many people live in 90249?

About 26,290 people live in ZIP code 90249, in 8,891 households, at 8,845.9 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What is the median household income in 90249?

$89,712 a year, against $99,122 across California.

What ZIP codes are near 90249?

The closest are 90247 (1.3 mi), 90506 (1.4 mi), 90260 (2.1 mi), 90250 (2.2 mi) and 90261 (2.3 mi).

Is 90249 a PO Box ZIP code?

90249 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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