ZIP Code 90813 — Long Beach, California

The median home in 90813 is valued at $470,000 against a median household income of $48,535, a price-to-income ratio of 9.7. 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, 90813 ranks 157 of 275 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 9.2. Renting takes 36.2% of median household income (median rent $1,464 a month), above the 30% cost-burden threshold.

90813 ranks 1,433 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 988 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $87,339 Los Angeles County median. 14% of households own their home, far below the 64% statewide ZIP median, so most residents rent. 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 25.6%, far above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median and among the highest in the state. Unemployment stands at 8.7%.

With 17,305 residents per square mile across 3.1 square miles of land, 90813 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 45 of 1,558). This is a mixed urban fabric of apartments, small-lot houses and commercial corridors.