Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.
If you're looking to hang out with the Richie Riches of L.A., 90210 isn't it. Bloomberg did a deep dive into Internal Revenue Service data for the whole country. And the richest zip code in SoCal is actually 90067 — in Century City.
Just 2,400 people live in the area bounded by Beverly Hills to the north, Beverlywood to the south, with the Avenue of the Stars cutting straight through. The entire zip code covers just a third of a square mile.
As for who exactly is rich in that area, they're SINKs — Single Income No Kids. And they're golden girls and guys. The median age is 65.
As for how they get their money, a lot of it comes from their retirement, pulling cash from their IRAs, mostly.
But the 90067 isn't the richest zip code in the country. It's seventh. If you really want to meet the absolute richest, hop on a flight to Miami, then charter a boat to get to what was once the Vanderbilts' private property — Fisher Island.