ZIP code 90242 covers south Downey, about 4.5 square miles. It includes Kaiser Permanente Downey Medical Center on Imperial Highway, the Columbia Memorial Space Center on Columbia Way, where Apollo hardware was once built, and the Downey Landing shopping center at Lakewood Boulevard and Stewart and Gray Road.
Neighborhoods in 90242
- The Imperial Highway corridor
- The Stewart and Gray Road area
- Columbia Way near the Space Center and Downey Landing
What Bed Bug Work Looks Like in 90242
Roughly half of households in south Downey rent, and the housing skews older: Census estimates count about 4,400 homes from the 1940s and about 1,800 more built before 1940. In houses and small apartment buildings that age, bugs work into plaster cracks and gaps behind baseboards, so a careful search along walls matters as much as the bed check.
Kaiser Downey is the city's largest employer, and many nurses and staff live nearby and work long shifts. A work bag set on a chair rather than the bed is a simple habit. Renters here have the same AB 551 rights as anywhere in Downey, and families who want no product on beds can ask about heat.
Map of Downey 90242
Bed Bug Services in 90242
- Bed Bug Inspection
- K9 Bed Bug Inspection
- Bed Bug Heat Treatment
- Chemical Bed Bug Treatment
- Bed Bug Fumigation
- Bed Bug Steam Treatment
Other Downey Areas
How it works: Bed Bug Control CA runs its own bed bug inspections and treatments. We schedule a licensed technician to check your Downey home. Nothing is treated until you approve the price in writing.