ZIP Code 90201 — Bell, California

The median home in 90201 is valued at $511,100 against a median household income of $53,692, 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, 90201 ranks 151 of 275 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 9.2. Renting takes 33.8% of median household income (median rent $1,512 a month), above the 30% cost-burden threshold.

90201 ranks 1,364 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 919 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $87,339 Los Angeles County median. 21% of households own their home, far below the 64% statewide ZIP median, so most residents rent. 7% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 24.3%, far above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 6.9%.

With 15,856 residents per square mile across 6 square miles of land, 90201 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 61 of 1,558). This is a mixed urban fabric of apartments, small-lot houses and commercial corridors.