ZIP Code 90742 — Sunset Beach, California

The median home in 90742 is valued at $1,160,700 against a median household income of $112,600, a price-to-income ratio of 10.3. That is far 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, which means a household earning the local median income cannot finance the local median home on conventional terms. Within Orange County, 90742 ranks 78 of 87 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 7.9. Renting takes 23.2% of median household income (median rent $2,179 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

90742 ranks 415 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 206 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is in line with the $116,618 Orange County median. 46% of households own their home, below the 64% statewide ZIP median, so most residents rent. 62% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far above the 31% median, Unemployment stands at 4.3%.

With 2,345 residents per square mile across 0.2 square miles of land, 90742 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 667 of 1,558). This is a low-density pattern of large lots, small towns or scattered subdivisions.