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90502

ZIP 90502 is in Torrance, California, in Los Angeles County; area codes 310 and 424; Pacific time. Torrance has 10 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
County
Los Angeles
Population
18,467
Coordinates
33.8332, -118.2921
☼ Live from 90502 — Torrance, CA

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Where 90502 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 90502
  • 🔢 Type 90502 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZOSOG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 90,502 = 2 × 37 × 1223. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10110000110000110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 90501 (Torrance, CA, 1 mi away) and 90503 (Torrance, CA, 4 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 90502 becomes 20509 — and that is a real ZIP code: Washington, DC, 2,302 miles away.
  • 👥 23 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00925, 00952, 02059, 02905, 05902, 09025, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09250 in APO AE, a military post office, 5,887 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 80% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 92%.
  • 🎯1,163 miles west of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 90502 and you would come out at 33.83°S, 61.71°E — 973 miles from Saint-Denis, Reunion, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 24m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 54m.
  • 📏 At 2.2 square miles of land, 90502 is bigger than 12% of ZIP codes — room for about 1.7 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population18,467This ZIP18,467
Households6,708This ZIP6,708
Housing units6,968This ZIP6,968
Median age42.5This ZIP42.5California37.9US 38.9
Median household income$94,291This ZIP$94,291California$99,122US $80,734
Median home value$697,400This ZIP$697,400California$734,700US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,974This ZIP$1,974California$2,036US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher37.8%This ZIP37.8%
Mean commute26.5 minThis ZIP26.5 min
Population density8,247.9 / sq miThis ZIP8,247.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments672This ZIP672
Employees18,985This ZIP18,985
Annual payroll$1,638,982,000This ZIP$1,638,982,000
Tax returns filed9,120This ZIP9,120
Total adjusted gross income$715,483,000This ZIP$715,483,000

Land area

Land area2.24 sq miThis ZIP2.24 sq mi
Water area0.01 sq miThis ZIP0.01 sq mi

Other place names in 90502

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ZIP codes near 90502

ZIPCityDistance
90501 Torrance, CA 1.3 mi
90745 Carson, CA 1.8 mi
90710 Harbor City, CA 2.4 mi
90746 Carson, CA 2.9 mi
90717 Lomita, CA 3.1 mi
90747 Carson, CA 3.2 mi
90248 Gardena, CA 3.2 mi
90224 Compton, CA 3.2 mi
90267 Manhattan Beach, CA 3.2 mi
90295 Marina Del Rey, CA 3.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 90502?

90502 is in Torrance, California, in Los Angeles County, part of the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 33.8332, -118.2921.

What county is 90502 in?

90502 lies in Los Angeles County.

What area code is 90502?

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

What time zone is 90502 in?

90502 uses America/Los_Angeles.

How many people live in 90502?

About 18,467 people live in ZIP code 90502, in 6,708 households, at 8,247.9 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 90502?

$94,291 a year, against $99,122 across California.

What ZIP codes are near 90502?

The closest are 90501 (1.3 mi), 90745 (1.8 mi), 90710 (2.4 mi), 90746 (2.9 mi) and 90717 (3.1 mi).

Is 90502 a PO Box ZIP code?

90502 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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