ZIP Code 91932 — Imperial Beach, California

The median home in 91932 is valued at $744,100 against a median household income of $75,731, a price-to-income ratio of 9.8. 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 San Diego County, 91932 ranks 81 of 94 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 7.4. Renting takes 29.2% of median household income (median rent $1,841 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

91932 ranks 966 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 549 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $98,033 San Diego County median. 31% of households own their home, far below the 64% statewide ZIP median, so most residents rent. 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 15.3%, above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 7.2%.

With 6,083 residents per square mile across 4.3 square miles of land, 91932 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 355 of 1,558). This is predominantly single-family residential with suburban street patterns.