ZIP Code 90502 — Torrance, California

The median home in 90502 is valued at $587,000 against a median household income of $95,528, a price-to-income ratio of 6.1. That is below 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, 90502 ranks 25 of 275 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 9.2. Renting takes 23.5% of median household income (median rent $1,869 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

90502 ranks 639 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 804 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is above the $87,339 Los Angeles County median. 69% of households own their home, above the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 10.1%, below the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 5.5%.

With 8,377 residents per square mile across 2.2 square miles of land, 90502 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 224 of 1,558). This is a mixed urban fabric of apartments, small-lot houses and commercial corridors.