ZIP Code 92692 — Mission Viejo, California

The median home in 92692 is valued at $903,000 against a median household income of $136,906, a price-to-income ratio of 6.6. 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, 92692 ranks 18 of 87 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 7.9. Renting takes 23.5% of median household income (median rent $2,684 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

92692 ranks 214 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 394 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is above the $116,618 Orange County median. 77% of households own their home, above the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 56% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 4.9%, far below the 10.8% statewide ZIP median and among the lowest in the state. Unemployment stands at 5.0%.

With 5,346 residents per square mile across 8.6 square miles of land, 92692 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 423 of 1,558). This is predominantly single-family residential with suburban street patterns.