ZIP Code 92691 — Mission Viejo, California

The median home in 92691 is valued at $867,600 against a median household income of $134,070, a price-to-income ratio of 6.5. That is in line with 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, 92691 ranks 13 of 87 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 7.9. Renting takes 22.0% of median household income (median rent $2,463 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

92691 ranks 234 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 424 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is above the $116,618 Orange County median. 76% of households own their home, above the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 5.2%, far below the 10.8% statewide ZIP median and among the lowest in the state. Unemployment stands at 4.3%.

With 5,463 residents per square mile across 8.8 square miles of land, 92691 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 408 of 1,558). This is predominantly single-family residential with suburban street patterns.