ZIP Code 90501 — Torrance, California

The median home in 90501 is valued at $824,600 against a median household income of $89,926, a price-to-income ratio of 9.2. 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, 90501 ranks 137 of 275 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 9.2. Renting takes 23.6% of median household income (median rent $1,771 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

90501 ranks 731 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 462 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is in line with the $87,339 Los Angeles County median. 47% of households own their home, below the 64% statewide ZIP median, so most residents rent. 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 11.4%, above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 6.8%.

With 7,462 residents per square mile across 5.7 square miles of land, 90501 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 267 of 1,558). This is predominantly single-family residential with suburban street patterns.