ZIP Code 91101 — Pasadena, California

The median home in 91101 is valued at $669,800 against a median household income of $86,631, a price-to-income ratio of 7.7. 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, 91101 ranks 83 of 275 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 9.2. Renting takes 29.9% of median household income (median rent $2,161 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

91101 ranks 784 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 657 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is in line with the $87,339 Los Angeles County median. 15% of households own their home, far below the 64% statewide ZIP median, so most residents rent. 63% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 19.1%, far above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 4.1%.

With 15,182 residents per square mile across 1.3 square miles of land, 91101 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 70 of 1,558). This is a mixed urban fabric of apartments, small-lot houses and commercial corridors.