ZIP Code 90211 — Beverly Hills, California

The median home in 90211 is valued at more than $2,000,000 (the Census reporting ceiling) against a median household income of $115,025, a price-to-income ratio of at least 17.4. 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, 90211 ranks 259 of 275 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 9.2. Renting takes 26.0% of median household income (median rent $2,494 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

90211 ranks 390 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is above the $87,339 Los Angeles County median. 41% of households own their home, below the 64% statewide ZIP median, so most residents rent. 60% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 11.3%, in line with the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 9.1%.

With 13,154 residents per square mile across 0.7 square miles of land, 90211 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 91 of 1,558). This is a mixed urban fabric of apartments, small-lot houses and commercial corridors.