ZIP Code 91342 — Sylmar, California

The median home in 91342 is valued at $605,900 against a median household income of $89,264, a price-to-income ratio of 6.8. That is in line with 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, 91342 ranks 45 of 275 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 9.2. Renting takes 25.0% of median household income (median rent $1,862 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

91342 ranks 748 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 769 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is in line with the $87,339 Los Angeles County median. 67% of households own their home, above the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 13.2%, above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 6.3%.

With 2,039 residents per square mile across 45.4 square miles of land, 91342 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 695 of 1,558). This is a low-density pattern of large lots, small towns or scattered subdivisions.