ZIP Code 90020 — Los Angeles, California

The median home in 90020 is valued at $704,900 against a median household income of $55,321, a price-to-income ratio of 12.7. That is far 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, which means a household earning the local median income cannot finance the local median home on conventional terms. Within Los Angeles County, 90020 ranks 234 of 275 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 9.2. Renting takes 35.8% of median household income (median rent $1,652 a month), above the 30% cost-burden threshold.

90020 ranks 1,337 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 603 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $87,339 Los Angeles County median. 9% of households own their home, far below the 64% statewide ZIP median, so most residents rent. 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 18.0%, far above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 6.8%.

With 34,909 residents per square mile across 1.1 square miles of land, 90020 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 7 of 1,558). This is apartment-district density: expect multi-family housing, transit access and little single-family stock.