Long Beach, CA
Los Angeles County · California · United States
Home to 51,689 people across 3.08 square miles.
At a glance
90813 by the numbers
Every figure below comes from the 2019–2023 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, the Census Gazetteer, or is computed from those. Margins of error are shown where they matter.
Location
Where 90813 is
| Coordinates | 33.782259, -118.196793 |
|---|---|
| Time zone | America/Los_Angeles |
| County | Los Angeles County |
| State | California (CA) |
| Land area | 3.08 mi² |
| Coordinate source | Census ZCTA internal point |
Local time
America/Los_Angeles
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Distance to major cities
Straight-line, computed from coordinates
| Los Angeles, CA | 18.8 mi |
|---|---|
| San Diego, CA | 94.9 mi |
| Phoenix, AZ | 353.0 mi |
| San Francisco, CA | 363.4 mi |
People
Who lives in 90813
51,689 residents in 17,336 households, averaging 2.98 people per household. The largest age group is under 18 at 24.3% of residents.
Age distribution
Share of residents by age band
Households
Composition and size
| Total households | 17,336 |
|---|---|
| Average household size | 2.98 |
| Family households | 59.8% |
| Living alone | 30.2% |
| Median age | 33.5 years |
| Households with internet | 85.1% |
Race & ethnicity
Census race categories. Hispanic or Latino origin is asked separately and overlaps these groups.
Income & work
What people earn in 90813
The median household here earns $50,302 a year, below the US median of $70,109, which puts 90813 ahead of 16% of American ZIP codes. 24.5% of residents live below the poverty line.
Compared to the US
This ZIP against the national median
| Median household income | $50,302 ±$3,687 |
|---|---|
| Per capita income | $23,093 |
| Poverty rate | 24.5% |
| Unemployment rate | 9.0% |
| Labor force participation | 63.8% |
Household income distribution
Share of households in each bracket
Educational attainment among residents 25 and older: 15.9% hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 62.7% finished high school.
Housing
Homes and rent in 90813
A typical home is valued at $543,700, and median rent runs $1,578 a month. This is a renter-majority area — 85.0% of occupied homes are rented, and the typical building went up in 1965.
Costs
Typical values
| Median home value | $543,700 |
|---|---|
| Median gross rent | $1,578/mo |
| Median year built | 1965 |
| Housing units | 18,603 |
| Vacancy rate | 6.8% |
Own vs. rent
Of 17,336 occupied units
| Owner households | 2,609 |
|---|---|
| Renter households | 14,727 |
Building types
Units by structure size
Getting to work
How 90813 commutes
63.6% of workers drove alone, and the average one-way trip takes 30.8 minutes.
Mode of transport
Workers 16 and older
Travel time
Mean commute 30.8 minutes
Overview
Understanding ZIP code 90813
ZIP code 90813 is assigned to Long Beach, CA, and falls within Los Angeles County. Like every US postal code, it began as a mail-routing device rather than a geographic boundary — the US Postal Service groups delivery routes under a single code so carriers and sorting equipment can process mail efficiently. Today it also serves as a practical shorthand for the area itself: roughly 51,689 people live inside it.
At 16,782 residents per square mile spread over 3.08 square miles, 90813 reads as a dense urban area. It is a populous postal code, and density shapes almost everything else on this page — how people get to work, whether they own or rent, and what housing costs.
Household earnings run below the national median. At $50,302, 90813 sits in the lower half, ahead of 16% of them. The US median for comparison is $70,109. Bear in mind that median income describes the midpoint household, not the average — it is not pulled upward by a handful of very high earners the way a mean would be.
Living here
What life in Long Beach looks like
Housing in 90813 costs well above the national median. A typical home is valued at $543,700 against a US median of $207,500, and median gross rent runs $1,578 a month. This is firmly renter territory — 85.0% of occupied homes are rented, a pattern typical of city centres, student areas and neighbourhoods with a lot of apartment stock.
The building stock is dominated by mid-sized apartment buildings, which account for 45.0% of housing units here. The median construction year is 1965, making the housing here mid-century.
The population skews younger than the country as a whole, with a median age of 33.5 against 42 nationally. The average household holds 2.98 people, and 59.8% are family households.
Getting to work takes 30.8 minutes on average one way. The dominant mode is drove alone at 63.6% of workers.
Where to stay
Where to stay in Long Beach, CA
Long Beach sits in a densely built environment, and accommodation in and around 90813 tends to reflect that — full-service hotels, boutique properties and serviced apartments packed close together, usually within walking distance of transit. Rates in dense urban codes move sharply with the calendar: midweek business demand and weekend leisure demand can price very differently.
Median rent in 90813 is $1,578 a month, which sits in the middle of the national range; accommodation pricing locally tends to be similarly mid-market. For reference, Los Angeles, CA is about 18.8 miles away in a straight line, which is worth factoring in if you are comparing a stay here against one closer to the city centre.
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Practical uses
What ZIP code 90813 is used for
Beyond addressing mail, 90813 does a lot of quiet administrative work. Retailers use it to calculate shipping and sales tax at checkout. Insurers use it to set premiums, since risk profiles vary geographically. Employers and marketers use it to define service areas. Government agencies use it to route benefits and organise reporting. If you have ever been asked for a postal code by a form that clearly does not intend to send you anything, this is why.
For anyone weighing a move, 90813 offers a compact profile of Long Beach: 51,689 residents, a median household income of $50,302, 15.9% of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher, and an unemployment rate of 9.0%. A handful of figures like these answer more relocation questions than most neighbourhood guides do.
One caution worth repeating: a postal code is not a neighbourhood. 90813 may cover parts of several distinct areas, and a single neighbourhood in Long Beach may be split across more than one code. Boundaries also shift as USPS adjusts delivery routes. Treat the figures here as describing a delivery area, which is what they actually measure.
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Methodology
Where this data comes from
- Postal geography — GeoNames open postal code database (CC BY 4.0), cross-checked against the US Census Gazetteer.
- Demographics, income, housing, commute — US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019–2023 5-Year Estimates, ZIP Code Tabulation Area 90813. Tables B01001, B01002, B01003, B02001, B03003, B08301, B08303, B11001, B15003, B17001, B19001, B19013, B19301, B23025, B25002, B25003, B25024, B25035, B25064, B25077, B28002.
- Land and water area — US Census Bureau 2023 Gazetteer Files.
- Weather — NOAA National Weather Service, fetched live in your browser.
- Map — OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).