ZIP Code 92823 — Brea, California

The median home in 92823 is valued at $972,900 against a median household income of $172,857, a price-to-income ratio of 5.6. That is below 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, though it is among the more attainable ratios in the state. Within Orange County, 92823 ranks 4 of 87 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 7.9. Renting takes 22.3% of median household income (median rent $3,207 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

92823 ranks 93 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 333 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is above the $116,618 Orange County median. 83% of households own their home, above the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 61% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 6.9%, below the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 3.4%.

With 733 residents per square mile across 7.5 square miles of land, 92823 is less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 852 of 1,558). This is a low-density pattern of large lots, small towns or scattered subdivisions.