ZIP Code 92606 — Irvine, California

The median home in 92606 is valued at $947,400 against a median household income of $128,580, a price-to-income ratio of 7.4. 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 Orange County, 92606 ranks 35 of 87 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 7.9. Renting takes 25.3% of median household income (median rent $2,713 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

92606 ranks 271 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 355 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is above the $116,618 Orange County median. 36% of households own their home, below the 64% statewide ZIP median, so most residents rent. 68% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 12.2%, above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 3.7%.

With 6,980 residents per square mile across 3.5 square miles of land, 92606 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 300 of 1,558). This is predominantly single-family residential with suburban street patterns.