ZIP Code 90638 — La Mirada, California

The median home in 90638 is valued at $706,600 against a median household income of $104,114, 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, 90638 ranks 44 of 275 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 9.2. Renting takes 22.4% of median household income (median rent $1,940 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

90638 ranks 532 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 599 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is above the $87,339 Los Angeles County median. 76% of households own their home, above the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 6.1%, below the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 4.8%.

With 5,996 residents per square mile across 7.7 square miles of land, 90638 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 361 of 1,558). This is predominantly single-family residential with suburban street patterns.