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90278

ZIP 90278 is in Redondo Beach, California, in Los Angeles County; area codes 310 and 424; Pacific time. Redondo Beach has 2 ZIP codes; the other is 90277.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
County
Los Angeles
Population
42,423
Coordinates
33.8736, -118.3703
☼ Live from 90278 — Redondo Beach, CA

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Where 90278 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 90278
  • 🔢 Type 90278 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BLZOG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 90,278 = 2 × 45139. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10110000010100110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 90277 (Redondo Beach, CA, 3 mi away) and 90280 (South Gate, CA, 11 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 90278 becomes 87209, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 41 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02879, 07829, 07928, 09728, 09827, 20879, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09827 in APO AE, a military post office, 6,861 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 80% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 92%.
  • 🎯1,166 miles west of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 90278 and you would come out at 33.87°S, 61.63°E — 974 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 3.7 square miles of land, 90278 is bigger than 16% of ZIP codes — room for about 2.8 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population42,423This ZIP42,423
Households15,726This ZIP15,726
Housing units16,625This ZIP16,625
Median age39.3This ZIP39.3California37.9US 38.9
Median household income$160,236This ZIP$160,236California$99,122US $80,734
Median home value$1,242,700This ZIP$1,242,700California$734,700US $332,700
Median gross rent$2,552This ZIP$2,552California$2,036US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher64.5%This ZIP64.5%
Mean commute26.5 minThis ZIP26.5 min
Population density11,556.3 / sq miThis ZIP11,556.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,264This ZIP1,264
Employees18,982This ZIP18,982
Annual payroll$1,523,310,000This ZIP$1,523,310,000
Tax returns filed19,890This ZIP19,890
Total adjusted gross income$3,078,850,000This ZIP$3,078,850,000

Land area

Land area3.67 sq miThis ZIP3.67 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 90278

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 90278

ZIPCityDistance
90261 Lawndale, CA 1.4 mi
90260 Lawndale, CA 1.6 mi
90254 Hermosa Beach, CA 1.8 mi
90266 Manhattan Beach, CA 2.3 mi
90504 Torrance, CA 2.3 mi
90506 Torrance, CA 2.4 mi
90503 Torrance, CA 2.5 mi
90250 Hawthorne, CA 3.0 mi
90251 Hawthorne, CA 3.1 mi
90277 Redondo Beach, CA 3.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 90278?

90278 is in Redondo Beach, California, in Los Angeles County, part of the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 33.8736, -118.3703.

What county is 90278 in?

90278 lies in Los Angeles County.

What area code is 90278?

Redondo Beach uses area codes 310 and 424, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 90278 in?

90278 uses America/Los_Angeles.

How many people live in 90278?

About 42,423 people live in ZIP code 90278, in 15,726 households, at 11,556.3 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 90278?

$160,236 a year, against $99,122 across California.

What ZIP codes are near 90278?

The closest are 90261 (1.4 mi), 90260 (1.6 mi), 90254 (1.8 mi), 90266 (2.3 mi) and 90504 (2.3 mi).

Is 90278 a PO Box ZIP code?

90278 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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