ZIP Code 90602 — Whittier, California

The median home in 90602 is valued at $684,600 against a median household income of $63,956, a price-to-income ratio of 10.7. 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, 90602 ranks 192 of 275 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 9.2. Renting takes 30.5% of median household income (median rent $1,624 a month), above the 30% cost-burden threshold.

90602 ranks 1,187 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 637 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $87,339 Los Angeles County median. 39% of households own their home, below the 64% statewide ZIP median, so most residents rent. 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 12.7%, above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 5.6%.

With 6,829 residents per square mile across 3.8 square miles of land, 90602 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 310 of 1,558). This is predominantly single-family residential with suburban street patterns.