ZIP Code 90715 — Lakewood, California

The median home in 90715 is valued at $628,000 against a median household income of $89,113, a price-to-income ratio of 7.0. 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 Los Angeles County, 90715 ranks 56 of 275 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 9.2. Renting takes 27.9% of median household income (median rent $2,069 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

90715 ranks 750 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 731 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is in line with the $87,339 Los Angeles County median. 52% of households own their home, below the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, in line with the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 8.6%, below the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 6.5%.

With 12,323 residents per square mile across 1.7 square miles of land, 90715 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 104 of 1,558). This is a mixed urban fabric of apartments, small-lot houses and commercial corridors.