ZIP Code 92618 — Irvine, California

The median home in 92618 is valued at $1,103,600 against a median household income of $132,843, a price-to-income ratio of 8.3. 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, 92618 ranks 52 of 87 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 7.9. Renting takes 25.7% of median household income (median rent $2,841 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

92618 ranks 238 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 246 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is above the $116,618 Orange County median. 39% of households own their home, below the 64% statewide ZIP median, so most residents rent. 71% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 8.5%, below the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 5.5%.

With 2,869 residents per square mile across 20.7 square miles of land, 92618 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 613 of 1,558). This is predominantly single-family residential with suburban street patterns.