ZIP Code 90272 — Pacific Palisades, California

The median home in 90272 is valued at more than $2,000,000 (the Census reporting ceiling) against a median household income of $225,256, a price-to-income ratio of at least 8.9. 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, 90272 ranks 124 of 275 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 9.2. Renting takes 16.6% of median household income (median rent $3,109 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

90272 ranks 19 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is far above the $87,339 Los Angeles County median. 78% of households own their home, above 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 4.4%, far below the 10.8% statewide ZIP median and among the lowest in the state. Unemployment stands at 3.7%.

With 895 residents per square mile across 23.8 square miles of land, 90272 is less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 816 of 1,558). This is a low-density pattern of large lots, small towns or scattered subdivisions.