ZIP Code 90255 — Huntington Park, California

The median home in 90255 is valued at $528,400 against a median household income of $57,013, a price-to-income ratio of 9.3. 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, 90255 ranks 141 of 275 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 9.2. Renting takes 28.5% of median household income (median rent $1,354 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

90255 ranks 1,303 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 896 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $87,339 Los Angeles County median. 30% of households own their home, far below the 64% statewide ZIP median, so most residents rent. 8% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 17.5%, far above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 10.0%.

With 19,366 residents per square mile across 3.7 square miles of land, 90255 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 29 of 1,558). This is apartment-district density: expect multi-family housing, transit access and little single-family stock.