ZIP Code 90606 — Whittier, California

The median home in 90606 is valued at $592,600 against a median household income of $86,596, 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, 90606 ranks 48 of 275 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 9.2. Renting takes 24.7% of median household income (median rent $1,779 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

90606 ranks 785 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 796 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is in line with the $87,339 Los Angeles County median. 70% of households own their home, above the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 12.0%, above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 4.3%.

With 8,347 residents per square mile across 3.8 square miles of land, 90606 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 226 of 1,558). This is a mixed urban fabric of apartments, small-lot houses and commercial corridors.