ZIP Code 90280 — South Gate, California

The median home in 90280 is valued at $578,900 against a median household income of $67,287, a price-to-income ratio of 8.6. 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, 90280 ranks 112 of 275 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 9.2. Renting takes 25.0% of median household income (median rent $1,401 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

90280 ranks 1,125 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 819 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $87,339 Los Angeles County median. 45% of households own their home, below the 64% statewide ZIP median, so most residents rent. 12% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 13.7%, above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 7.8%.

With 12,468 residents per square mile across 7.4 square miles of land, 90280 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 100 of 1,558). This is a mixed urban fabric of apartments, small-lot houses and commercial corridors.