ZIP Code 90049 — Los Angeles, California

The median home in 90049 is valued at more than $2,000,000 (the Census reporting ceiling) against a median household income of $161,605, a price-to-income ratio of at least 12.4. 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, 90049 ranks 229 of 275 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 9.2. Renting takes 21.0% of median household income (median rent $2,827 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

90049 ranks 123 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is far above the $87,339 Los Angeles County median. 54% of households own their home, below the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 80% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 5.7%, below the 10.8% statewide ZIP median and among the lowest in the state. Unemployment stands at 4.0%.

With 2,388 residents per square mile across 15 square miles of land, 90049 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 662 of 1,558). This is a low-density pattern of large lots, small towns or scattered subdivisions.