ZIP Code 90505 — Torrance, California

The median home in 90505 is valued at $1,095,000 against a median household income of $108,857, a price-to-income ratio of 10.1. That is far 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, which means a household earning the local median income cannot finance the local median home on conventional terms. Within Los Angeles County, 90505 ranks 170 of 275 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 9.2. Renting takes 24.4% of median household income (median rent $2,215 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

90505 ranks 462 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 254 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is above the $87,339 Los Angeles County median. 56% of households own their home, below the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 59% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 6.1%, below the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 4.3%.

With 6,138 residents per square mile across 5.9 square miles of land, 90505 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 352 of 1,558). This is predominantly single-family residential with suburban street patterns.