ZIP Code 91042 — Tujunga, California

The median home in 91042 is valued at $713,200 against a median household income of $81,324, a price-to-income ratio of 8.8. 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, 91042 ranks 121 of 275 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 9.2. Renting takes 25.3% of median household income (median rent $1,715 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

91042 ranks 871 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 589 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $87,339 Los Angeles County median. 54% of households own their home, below the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 9.4%, below the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 8.7%.

With 545 residents per square mile across 49.8 square miles of land, 91042 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 889 of 1,558). This is a low-density pattern of large lots, small towns or scattered subdivisions.