ZIP Code 92617 — Irvine, California

The median home in 92617 is valued at $691,900 against a median household income of $67,056, a price-to-income ratio of 10.3. 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, 92617 ranks 79 of 87 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 7.9. Renting takes 27.1% of median household income (median rent $1,513 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

92617 ranks 1,131 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 621 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $116,618 Orange County median. 30% of households own their home, far below the 64% statewide ZIP median, so most residents rent. 85% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 28.9%, far above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median and among the highest in the state. Unemployment stands at 9.1%.

With 9,287 residents per square mile across 2.2 square miles of land, 92617 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 183 of 1,558). This is a mixed urban fabric of apartments, small-lot houses and commercial corridors.