ZIP Code 90254 — Hermosa Beach, California

The median home in 90254 is valued at $1,862,400 against a median household income of $149,500, a price-to-income ratio of 12.5. 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, 90254 ranks 230 of 275 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 9.2. Renting takes 21.3% of median household income (median rent $2,659 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

90254 ranks 156 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 60 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is far above the $87,339 Los Angeles County median. 51% of households own their home, below the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 78% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 5.8%, below the 10.8% statewide ZIP median and among the lowest in the state. Unemployment stands at 4.9%.

With 13,965 residents per square mile across 1.4 square miles of land, 90254 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 83 of 1,558). This is a mixed urban fabric of apartments, small-lot houses and commercial corridors.