ZIP Code 90604 — Whittier, California

The median home in 90604 is valued at $650,100 against a median household income of $95,570, a price-to-income ratio of 6.8. That is in line with 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, 90604 ranks 47 of 275 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 9.2. Renting takes 22.0% of median household income (median rent $1,755 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

90604 ranks 637 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 688 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is above the $87,339 Los Angeles County median. 65% of households own their home, in line with the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 5.8%, below the 10.8% statewide ZIP median and among the lowest in the state. Unemployment stands at 3.6%.

With 9,475 residents per square mile across 4.2 square miles of land, 90604 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 174 of 1,558). This is a mixed urban fabric of apartments, small-lot houses and commercial corridors.