ZIP Code 92612 — Irvine, California

The median home in 92612 is valued at $896,300 against a median household income of $88,929, a price-to-income ratio of 10.1. That is far 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, which means a household earning the local median income cannot finance the local median home on conventional terms. Within Orange County, 92612 ranks 75 of 87 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 7.9. Renting takes 35.4% of median household income (median rent $2,625 a month), above the 30% cost-burden threshold.

92612 ranks 755 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 399 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $116,618 Orange County median. 28% of households own their home, far below the 64% statewide ZIP median, so most residents rent. 67% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 26.3%, far above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median and among the highest in the state. Unemployment stands at 5.8%.

With 5,448 residents per square mile across 6.4 square miles of land, 92612 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 412 of 1,558). This is predominantly single-family residential with suburban street patterns.