ZIP Code 91203 — Glendale, California

The median home in 91203 is valued at $644,900 against a median household income of $70,650, a price-to-income ratio of 9.1. 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, 91203 ranks 135 of 275 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 9.2. Renting takes 37.5% of median household income (median rent $2,209 a month), above the 30% cost-burden threshold.

91203 ranks 1,065 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 698 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $87,339 Los Angeles County median. 20% of households own their home, far below the 64% statewide ZIP median, so most residents rent. 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 18.0%, far above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 9.4%.

With 18,532 residents per square mile across 0.9 square miles of land, 91203 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 33 of 1,558). This is apartment-district density: expect multi-family housing, transit access and little single-family stock.