Nevin, Los Angeles

Nevin is a neighborhood in South Central, Los Angeles, California. It consists of the area surrounding the street and school of the same name. Broadly construed, the neighborhood is bounded by Washington Boulevard, Alameda Street, Vernon Avenue and Hooper Avenue. The neighborhood is working-class and industrial in nature; most of the housing stock is apartments or multi-family residential. It is one of the poorest and most densely populated areas of Los Angeles. Though the neighborhood, like the rest of South Central, once had a predominantly African-American population, today the population is primarily Hispanic. The neighborhood is in ZIP codes 90011 and 90058.