ZIP Code 90712 — Lakewood, California

The median home in 90712 is valued at $696,400 against a median household income of $119,143, a price-to-income ratio of 5.8. That is below 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, though it is among the more attainable ratios in the state. Within Los Angeles County, 90712 ranks 21 of 275 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 9.2. Renting takes 23.5% of median household income (median rent $2,334 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

90712 ranks 352 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 615 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is above the $87,339 Los Angeles County median. 74% of households own their home, above the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 4.5%, far below the 10.8% statewide ZIP median and among the lowest in the state. Unemployment stands at 5.2%.

With 7,512 residents per square mile across 4.2 square miles of land, 90712 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 263 of 1,558). This is predominantly single-family residential with suburban street patterns.