ZIP Code 90248 — Gardena, California

The median home in 90248 is valued at $617,100 against a median household income of $75,865, a price-to-income ratio of 8.1. 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, 90248 ranks 97 of 275 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 9.2. Renting takes 25.9% of median household income (median rent $1,640 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

90248 ranks 963 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 756 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $87,339 Los Angeles County median. 64% of households own their home, in line with the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, in line with the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 10.2%, below the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 4.9%.

With 2,386 residents per square mile across 4.8 square miles of land, 90248 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 663 of 1,558). This is a low-density pattern of large lots, small towns or scattered subdivisions.