The published income-needed indicator for Los Angeles stands at $242,640. It covers the housing share of the question, not what it takes to live comfortably, which no dataset defines. The metro income-needed indicator changed -0.43% year over year. The median tracked ZIP in Los Angeles has a typical home value of $929,126 and typical rent of $2,710 per month. Across tracked ZIPs the typical home value runs from $529,156 in 90014 to $3,113,951 in 90077 — a factor of 5.9.
Key stats
- The metro income-needed indicator changed -0.43% year over year.
- The median tracked ZIP in Los Angeles has a typical home value of $929,126 and typical rent of $2,710 per month.
- Across tracked ZIPs the typical home value runs from $529,156 in 90014 to $3,113,951 in 90077 — a factor of 5.9.
- The median tracked ZIP has a home-value-to-annual-rent ratio of 28.6.
- 24 of 95 tracked ZIPs (25%) show the current cooling flag.
- Tracked ZIP markets
- 95
- Median ZIP home value
- $929,126
- Median ZIP rent
- $2,710
- income needed change
- The metro income-needed indicator changed -0.43% year over year.
- housing cost spread
- Across tracked ZIPs the typical home value runs from $529,156 in 90014 to $3,113,951 in 90077 — a factor of 5.9.
- metro price to rent
- The median tracked ZIP has a home-value-to-annual-rent ratio of 28.6.
The income this metro asks for
The published income-needed indicator for Los Angeles stands at $242,640. It covers the housing share of the question, not what it takes to live comfortably, which no dataset defines.
The metro income-needed indicator changed -0.43% year over year.
How far that income reaches
Across tracked ZIPs the typical home value runs from $529,156 in 90014 to $3,113,951 in 90077 — a factor of 5.9.
The same salary is comfortable in one tracked ZIP and short in another, which is why a single metro figure answers the question only halfway.
Sources and method
- HomeMarketCap.com data sources: ZIP and metro housing-market datasets
- HomeMarketCap.com methodology: calculation and missing-data rules
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