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91342Los Angeles, California

Area Profile

Income, jobs, climate, physical risk and development data for ZIP code 91342.

53
Area Score
Bottom 17% of 3,833 published profiles

How we calculate this

How this area ranks
Opportunity3374th of 4,073 published ZIP areas38
GrowthTop 44% of 3,947 published ZIP areas54
Housing affordability3736th of 4,553 published ZIP areas52
ClimateTop 6% of 4,621 published ZIP areas100
Physical resilience4198th of 4,554 published ZIP areas10
AccessTop 5% of 4,623 published ZIP areas100
Economic stabilityTop 45% of 4,591 published ZIP areas62
The quick read

Employment conditions sit below most comparable published ZIP profiles: unemployment is 5.3% and the Opportunity signal places 91342 in the bottom 17%.

Development activity is both elevated and accelerating — 17,632 housing units permitted over the past twelve months, up 82% on the prior year.

Physical-risk exposure is above the national median, driven mainly by earthquake, inland flooding and wildfire.

At a glance

Population
93,301
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$98,118
Top 20% nationally
Density
2,053/sq mi
45.4 sq mi of land
Median age
37.5
2024 ACS 5-Year
City
Los Angeles
California
Metro area
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
Nearest major airport
VNY
10 mi · Van Nuys
Median home value
$695,600
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment of 5.3% is lower than 20% of the 4,387 measured US ZIP areas.

Employment fell 1.6% over the past year, to 1,922,751 employed residents.

MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Median household income ±$3,405$98,118Top 20%2024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$1,058$32,744Bottom 36%2024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate12.0%Top 43%2024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute33.3 minTop 23%2024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher20.8%Bottom 43%2024 ACS 5-Year
Employment1,922,751Top 4%June 2026
Employment change (3 years)-1.7%Bottom 23%June 2026
Employment change (year over year)-1.6%Bottom 31%June 2026
Labor force2,030,777Top 4%June 2026
Labor force participation65.2%Top 32%2024 ACS 5-Year
Mean annual wage$77,270Top 20%2025 OEWS
Median annual wage$55,850Top 28%2025 OEWS
Unemployment change (year over year)-0.5%Bottom 18%June 2026
Unemployment rate5.3%Top 20%June 2026
Median household income, successive ACS releases
202120222023202498k84k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $98,118 in the 2024 ACS 5-Year. Consecutive releases share four years of sample, so AreaProfile shows them as a record of successive estimates and does not compute a year-over-year change from them.
Largest occupations — Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
OccupationPeople employedMedian annual wage
Home Health and Personal Care Aides385,530$34,320
Fast Food and Counter Workers160,270$42,110
Retail Salespersons130,650$37,700
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand120,720$42,390
Office Clerks, General112,270$48,100
Cashiers109,940$36,980

Occupational employment and wages are published for metropolitan areas rather than for individual cities or ZIP areas, so these describe the wider labor market this location sits in. 2025 OEWS, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish labor-force data for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Los Angeles, CA, the city containing this ZIP code.

Housing & affordability

How it’s calculated →

Median rent of $1,963 takes 24% of median household income, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened.

A median home costs 7.1 times median household income here, well above the historic benchmark, at a level conventionally described as seriously unaffordable.

Rent as a share of income
24.0%
Below the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
7.1×
median home value ÷ median income
Median gross rent
$1,963
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$695,600
2024 ACS 5-Year
MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Home price to income7.09Top 6%2024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate67.8%Bottom 26%2024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±70726,533Top 1%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median gross rent ±$91$1,963Top 9%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$18,396$695,600Top 6%2024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income24.0%Top 18%2024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate3.8%Bottom 16%2024 ACS 5-Year

Both affordability measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with, so the comparison is like for like. They describe housing cost against local earnings and are not a cost-of-living index — transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not included, and a place can look affordable here and still be expensive to live in for reasons this does not capture.

Growth & development

How it’s calculated →
Development Momentum
54/ 100
Top 44% of 3,947 published city profiles

An AreaProfile calculation combining permit volume per resident, its direction over one and three years, population change and employment growth. Permit volume alone is not the measure.

72% of recently permitted units are in buildings of five or more homes, so new supply is concentrated in apartments and condominiums rather than detached houses.

At 4.6 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is above the median for measured US ZIP areas.

Units permitted
18K
12 months ending July 2026
Per 1,000 residents
4.6
Top 34% nationally
Year over year
+82%
vs the prior twelve months
Multifamily share
71.6%
units in 5+ unit buildings

The Building Permits Survey is not published for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Los Angeles, CA, the city containing this ZIP code.

Weather & climate

12 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 87°F and January a low of 45°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 13.9 inches.

30°50°70°90°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station BURBANK GLENDALE PASADENA AP, 8.8 miles from this location.
Precipitation
JFMAMJJASOND4.0"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
Annual precipitation13.9"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low45°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high87°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months121991-2020 Normals
Seasonal temperature swing22°F1991-2020 Normals

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. They describe what a typical year looks like rather than what the weather is doing today.

Physical risk

10 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are earthquake, inland flooding and wildfire.

Inland floodingHigh
EarthquakeHigh
WildfireModerate

Low or minimal exposure: heat wave, landslide, tornado, lightning, hail, avalanche, coastal flooding, strong wind, winter weather, tsunami, drought, cold wave.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. ZIP values are the land-area-weighted mean of the counties the ZIP Code Tabulation Area intersects. Expected annual loss is not allocated below county level. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

Taxes

AreaProfile does not yet publish tax comparisons. No tax dataset has met the source admission test for coverage, methodology transparency and update cadence, and the product rule is to omit a dimension rather than estimate it. The Area Score is calculated without a tax component and the weighting is documented on the methodology page.

Nothing on AreaProfile is individualized tax advice.

Access

7 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest 10 miles away.

AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
Van NuysVNY10 mi8,001 ft
Los Angeles IntlLAX27 mi12,923 ft
Long Beach (Daugherty Fld)LGB38 mi10,000 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

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Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource periodUpdated
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle28-day NASR cycle
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)Periodic dataset versions (v1.20.0 current)
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 NormalsEvery ten years (next release follows the 2001–2030 period)
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
June 2026Monthly
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
2025 OEWSAnnual (spring release)
DemographicsU.S. Census Bureau
Population Estimates Program
July 1, 2024 estimateAnnual (vintage released each spring)
DevelopmentU.S. Census Bureau
Building Permits Survey
12 months ending July 2026Monthly, roughly three weeks after the reference month
Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-YearAnnual (5-year estimates released each December)

Profile recalculated August 29, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology or browse every source.

91342 vs Los Angeles

How this ZIP area compares with Los Angeles as a whole. Both figures come from the same ACS release, so the comparison is like for like.

91342
Los Angeles
Median household income
$98,118
vs
$81,939
Per capita income
$32,744
vs
$47,685
Population density
2,053/sq mi
vs
8,198/sq mi
Median home value
$695,600
vs
$921,200
Median gross rent
$1,963
vs
$1,933
Homeownership rate
67.8%
vs
36.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher
20.8%
vs
38.5%
Poverty rate
12.0%
vs
16.5%
Median age
37.5
vs
37.2

Some demographic statistics use Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, which approximate but do not exactly match USPS ZIP delivery geography. See the methodology for how AreaProfile maps between them.