ZIP Code 90021 — Los Angeles, California

The median home in 90021 is valued at $1,046,900 against a median household income of $29,659, a price-to-income ratio of 35.3. 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, 90021 ranks 275 of 275 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 9.2. Renting takes 38.9% of median household income (median rent $961 a month), above the 30% cost-burden threshold.

90021 ranks 1,543 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 288 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is far below the $87,339 Los Angeles County median. 7% of households own their home, far below the 64% statewide ZIP median, so most residents rent. 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 40.9%, far above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median and among the highest in the state. Unemployment stands at 13.3%.

With 1,390 residents per square mile across 2 square miles of land, 90021 is denser than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 752 of 1,558). This is a low-density pattern of large lots, small towns or scattered subdivisions.