ZIP Code 90601 — Whittier, California

The median home in 90601 is valued at $708,400 against a median household income of $96,209, a price-to-income ratio of 7.4. 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, 90601 ranks 72 of 275 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 9.2. Renting takes 21.8% of median household income (median rent $1,745 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

90601 ranks 626 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 595 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is above the $87,339 Los Angeles County median. 59% of households own their home, below the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, in line with the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 9.1%, below the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 6.4%.

With 2,893 residents per square mile across 10.6 square miles of land, 90601 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 609 of 1,558). This is predominantly single-family residential with suburban street patterns.