ZIP Code 91311 — Chatsworth, California

The median home in 91311 is valued at $789,500 against a median household income of $112,172, a price-to-income ratio of 7.0. 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, 91311 ranks 54 of 275 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 9.2. Renting takes 23.0% of median household income (median rent $2,154 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

91311 ranks 420 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 503 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is above the $87,339 Los Angeles County median. 66% of households own their home, in line with the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 6.1%, below the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 5.4%.

With 1,233 residents per square mile across 32.6 square miles of land, 91311 is denser than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 766 of 1,558). This is a low-density pattern of large lots, small towns or scattered subdivisions.