ZIP Code 90062 — Los Angeles, California

The median home in 90062 is valued at $632,300 against a median household income of $61,422, a price-to-income ratio of 10.3. 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, 90062 ranks 184 of 275 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 9.2. Renting takes 28.3% of median household income (median rent $1,451 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

90062 ranks 1,230 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 721 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $87,339 Los Angeles County median. 47% of households own their home, below the 64% statewide ZIP median, so most residents rent. 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 15.6%, above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 7.4%.

With 17,646 residents per square mile across 1.9 square miles of land, 90062 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 40 of 1,558). This is a mixed urban fabric of apartments, small-lot houses and commercial corridors.