ZIP Code 90042 — Los Angeles, California

The median home in 90042 is valued at $850,700 against a median household income of $89,168, a price-to-income ratio of 9.5. 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, 90042 ranks 152 of 275 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 9.2. Renting takes 23.6% of median household income (median rent $1,756 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

90042 ranks 749 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 437 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is in line with the $87,339 Los Angeles County median. 45% of households own their home, below the 64% statewide ZIP median, so most residents rent. 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 10.7%, in line with the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 8.8%.

With 13,145 residents per square mile across 4.5 square miles of land, 90042 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 92 of 1,558). This is a mixed urban fabric of apartments, small-lot houses and commercial corridors.