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ZIP code 90008 covers Baldwin Hills, Leimert Park, and the Crenshaw District, and it reaches the edge of View Park to the south. Most of it sits inside the City of Los Angeles, but part of View Park is unincorporated Los Angeles County land that shares this ZIP code. That matters when you decide how

Many of the older residential streets in ZIP code 90007 were built after the University of Southern California opened in 1880 and the streetcar line arrived in 1891. Today the ZIP code covers University Park north of Jefferson Boulevard, Adams-Normandie, and nearby parts of South Los Angeles, all inside the City of Los Angeles. Owners

Pico Boulevard runs through ZIP code 90006, and the neighborhoods around it differ a lot from block to block. Koreatown, the Craftsman streets of Harvard Heights, the Byzantine-Latino Quarter, and parts of Pico-Union all share this one ZIP code. Every part of it sits inside the City of Los Angeles. If you own a property

Koreatown is a fairly young name for an old part of the city. The Los Angeles City Council only formally defined its boundaries in 2009, carving the community out of what had previously been considered parts of Wilshire Center, Pico Union, Hancock Park, and a few other areas. ZIP code 90005 sits at the center

ZIP code 90004 is unusual among LA ZIP codes because it holds several very different neighborhoods at once. Larchmont Village and Hancock Park sit on one side, with tree-lined streets and homes dating to the 1920s. Koreatown and Windsor Square sit closer to the center, with dense apartment buildings and busy commercial strips. If you

ZIP code 90003 covers a large part of South Los Angeles, including sections of Florence and Broadway-Manchester. Owners sometimes confuse Florence with Florence-Firestone, the unincorporated county community just east of Central Avenue. They fall under different local governments, and that difference can affect permits, tenant rules, and how a sale is handled. If you own

The 90002 ZIP code covers two neighborhoods in South Los Angeles: Watts, home of the Watts Towers, and Green Meadows to the west. Unlike some nearby ZIP codes that sit in unincorporated Los Angeles County, 90002 is entirely inside the City of Los Angeles, so a property here falls under city departments for zoning, permits,