ZIP Code 91104 — Pasadena, California

The median home in 91104 is valued at $955,400 against a median household income of $93,856, a price-to-income ratio of 10.2. 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 Los Angeles County, 91104 ranks 177 of 275 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 9.2. Renting takes 24.2% of median household income (median rent $1,892 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

91104 ranks 664 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 350 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is above 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. 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 12.1%, above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 4.8%.

With 9,452 residents per square mile across 3.8 square miles of land, 91104 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 176 of 1,558). This is a mixed urban fabric of apartments, small-lot houses and commercial corridors.