ZIP Code 92706 — Santa Ana, California

The median home in 92706 is valued at $773,200 against a median household income of $90,617, a price-to-income ratio of 8.5. 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, 92706 ranks 56 of 87 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 7.9. Renting takes 23.4% of median household income (median rent $1,765 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

92706 ranks 722 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 525 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $116,618 Orange County median. 53% of households own their home, below the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 11.9%, above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 6.0%.

With 10,442 residents per square mile across 3.5 square miles of land, 92706 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 150 of 1,558). This is a mixed urban fabric of apartments, small-lot houses and commercial corridors.