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90505

ZIP 90505 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
35,148
Coordinates
33.8079, -118.3480
☼ Live from 90505 — Torrance, CA

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Where 90505 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 90505
  • 🔢 Type 90505 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: SOSOG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 90,505 = 5 × 23 × 787. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10110000110001001
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 90504 (Torrance, CA, 4 mi away) and 90506 (Torrance, CA, 5 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 90505 becomes 50509, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 12 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00955, 05059, 05905, 50059, 50590, 50950, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00955 in San Juan, PR, 3,371 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 80% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 92%.
  • 🎯1,167 miles west of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 90505 and you would come out at 33.81°S, 61.65°E — 970 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 5.9 square miles of land, 90505 is bigger than 21% of ZIP codes — room for about 4.4 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population35,148This ZIP35,148
Households13,776This ZIP13,776
Housing units15,154This ZIP15,154
Median age44.4This ZIP44.4California37.9US 38.9
Median household income$115,593This ZIP$115,593California$99,122US $80,734
Median home value$1,204,300This ZIP$1,204,300California$734,700US $332,700
Median gross rent$2,387This ZIP$2,387California$2,036US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher59.5%This ZIP59.5%
Mean commute28.7 minThis ZIP28.7 min
Population density6,006.2 / sq miThis ZIP6,006.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments2,208This ZIP2,208
Employees31,411This ZIP31,411
Annual payroll$2,057,374,000This ZIP$2,057,374,000
Tax returns filed17,580This ZIP17,580
Total adjusted gross income$2,318,147,000This ZIP$2,318,147,000

Land area

Land area5.85 sq miThis ZIP5.85 sq mi
Water area0.01 sq miThis ZIP0.01 sq mi

Other place names in 90505

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

ZIP codes near 90505

ZIPCityDistance
90717 Lomita, CA 2.0 mi
90503 Torrance, CA 2.2 mi
90274 Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA 2.4 mi
90501 Torrance, CA 2.6 mi
90277 Redondo Beach, CA 2.7 mi
90710 Harbor City, CA 2.8 mi
90224 Compton, CA 3.2 mi
90267 Manhattan Beach, CA 3.2 mi
90295 Marina Del Rey, CA 3.2 mi
90296 Playa Del Rey, CA 3.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 90505?

90505 is in Torrance, California, in Los Angeles County, part of the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metropolitan area. Its published point location is 33.8079, -118.3480.

What county is 90505 in?

90505 lies in Los Angeles County.

What area code is 90505?

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

What time zone is 90505 in?

90505 uses America/Los_Angeles.

How many people live in 90505?

About 35,148 people live in ZIP code 90505, in 13,776 households, at 6,006.2 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 90505?

$115,593 a year, against $99,122 across California.

What ZIP codes are near 90505?

The closest are 90717 (2 mi), 90503 (2.2 mi), 90274 (2.4 mi), 90501 (2.6 mi) and 90277 (2.7 mi).

Is 90505 a PO Box ZIP code?

90505 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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