ZIP Code 90026 — Los Angeles, California

The median home in 90026 is valued at $1,108,500 against a median household income of $80,549, a price-to-income ratio of 13.8. 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, 90026 ranks 244 of 275 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 9.2. Renting takes 25.4% of median household income (median rent $1,702 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

90026 ranks 886 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 241 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $87,339 Los Angeles County median. 24% of households own their home, far below the 64% statewide ZIP median, so most residents rent. 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 17.9%, far above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 7.7%.

With 16,192 residents per square mile across 4 square miles of land, 90026 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 57 of 1,558). This is a mixed urban fabric of apartments, small-lot houses and commercial corridors.