ZIP Code 92704 — Santa Ana, California

The median home in 92704 is valued at $600,900 against a median household income of $89,654, a price-to-income ratio of 6.7. 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, 92704 ranks 21 of 87 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 7.9. Renting takes 26.8% of median household income (median rent $2,001 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

92704 ranks 740 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 781 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $116,618 Orange County median. 50% of households own their home, below the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 10.3%, in line with the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 5.2%.

With 10,914 residents per square mile across 7.4 square miles of land, 92704 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 137 of 1,558). This is a mixed urban fabric of apartments, small-lot houses and commercial corridors.