ZIP Code 90621 — Buena Park, California

The median home in 90621 is valued at $732,400 against a median household income of $88,735, a price-to-income ratio of 8.3. 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 Orange County, 90621 ranks 50 of 87 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 7.9. Renting takes 26.1% of median household income (median rent $1,927 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

90621 ranks 759 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 570 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $116,618 Orange County median. 37% of households own their home, below the 64% statewide ZIP median, so most residents rent. 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, in line with the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 11.3%, in line with the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 6.6%.

With 8,607 residents per square mile across 4.2 square miles of land, 90621 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 217 of 1,558). This is a mixed urban fabric of apartments, small-lot houses and commercial corridors.