ZIP Code 90001 — Los Angeles, California

The median home in 90001 is valued at $487,800 against a median household income of $57,698, a price-to-income ratio of 8.5. That is above the 6.7 median across the 1,558 California ZIP codes with published housing data, and well past the 3.0 ratio that marks an attainable market nationally, so buying here on a local median income requires substantial savings or a second income. Within Los Angeles County, 90001 ranks 103 of 275 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 9.2. Renting takes 28.6% of median household income (median rent $1,377 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

90001 ranks 1,295 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 945 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $87,339 Los Angeles County median. 35% of households own their home, below the 64% statewide ZIP median, so most residents rent. 7% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 21.2%, far above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 10.0%.

With 17,470 residents per square mile across 3.3 square miles of land, 90001 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 42 of 1,558). This is a mixed urban fabric of apartments, small-lot houses and commercial corridors.