ZIP Code 92841 — Garden Grove, California

The median home in 92841 is valued at $706,300 against a median household income of $72,243, a price-to-income ratio of 9.8. 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, 92841 ranks 73 of 87 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 7.9. Renting takes 30.7% of median household income (median rent $1,850 a month), above the 30% cost-burden threshold.

92841 ranks 1,026 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 600 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $116,618 Orange County median. 55% of households own their home, below the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 14.7%, above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 7.4%.

With 7,432 residents per square mile across 4.6 square miles of land, 92841 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 269 of 1,558). This is predominantly single-family residential with suburban street patterns.