ZIP Code 90220 — Compton, California

The median home in 90220 is valued at $464,900 against a median household income of $69,901, a price-to-income ratio of 6.7. That is in line with 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, 90220 ranks 39 of 275 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 9.2. Renting takes 24.2% of median household income (median rent $1,410 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

90220 ranks 1,078 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 999 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $87,339 Los Angeles County median. 62% of households own their home, in line with the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 12% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 19.5%, far above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 7.9%.

With 7,116 residents per square mile across 6.9 square miles of land, 90220 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 287 of 1,558). This is predominantly single-family residential with suburban street patterns.