ZIP Code 92868 — Orange, California

The median home in 92868 is valued at $643,500 against a median household income of $87,868, a price-to-income ratio of 7.3. 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, 92868 ranks 33 of 87 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 7.9. Renting takes 30.4% of median household income (median rent $2,229 a month), above the 30% cost-burden threshold.

92868 ranks 768 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 700 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $116,618 Orange County median. 34% of households own their home, below the 64% statewide ZIP median, so most residents rent. 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 12.5%, above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 5.1%.

With 8,024 residents per square mile across 3.4 square miles of land, 92868 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 237 of 1,558). This is a mixed urban fabric of apartments, small-lot houses and commercial corridors.