This Is The Most Expensive Zip Code in America

By Douglas A. McIntyre Published Mar 6, 7:54AM EST

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Even with the economic turmoil surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, the price of a typical home in the United States increased significantly in 2020 — up to $265,000 from $235,000 in 2019. This was the largest annual increase since at least 2006. Homes in housing markets all across the country rose in value. Profits from home sales increased year-over-year in more than 90% of housing markets.

While the typical home in America is now worth over a quarter of a million dollars, there are dozens of places across the country where most homes are worth several times as much — including 20 zip codes in which the median home is worth over $1 million.

To determine the most expensive zip code, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed data provided by Attom Data Solutions, a real estate and property data provider. The zipcodes that were finalists were ranked based on the median sales price of condos and single-family homes in 2020.

The most expensive zip codes in America tend to be clustered in certain areas. The 50 places on this list are spread out among just 14 metro areas and 10 states. California is home to 32 of these zip codes, mostly in the Bay Area, Los Angeles, and Silicon Valley area. These all rank among the most expensive housing markets in part because of the fair climate and access to high-paying jobs.

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92660 is the most expensive zip code in America:
> Location: Newport Beach, California
> Metro area: Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
> Median home sales price: $1,955,000
> Median household income: $123,955
> Households making $200,000+ 30.2%

Our methodology: To determine the most expensive zip codes, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed data provided by Attom Data Solutions, a real estate and property data provider. Zipcodes are ranked based on the median sales price of condos and single-family homes in 2020. Only zip codes with at least 1,000 single-family homes and condos and where at least 100 of those were sold in that time frame were considered. The estimated market value is determined by Attom’s automated valuation model. Data on median household income and the share of households earning $200,000 or more are five-year estimates at the zip code level for 2015-2019 from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey.

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About the Author Douglas A. McIntyre →

Douglas A. McIntyre is the co-founder, chief executive officer and editor in chief of 24/7 Wall St. and 24/7 Tempo. He has held these jobs since 2006.

McIntyre has written thousands of articles for 24/7 Wall St. He is an expert on corporate finance, the automotive industry, media companies and international finance. He has edited articles on national demographics, sports, personal income and travel.

His work has been quoted or mentioned in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, NBC News, Time, The New Yorker, HuffPost USA Today, Business Insider, Yahoo, AOL, MarketWatch, The Atlantic, Bloomberg, New York Post, Chicago Tribune, Forbes, The Guardian and many other major publications. McIntyre has been a guest on CNBC, the BBC and television and radio stations across the country.

A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College, McIntyre also was president of The Harvard Advocate. Founded in 1866, the Advocate is the oldest college publication in the United States.

TheStreet.com, Comps.com and Edgar Online are some of the public companies for which McIntyre served on the board of directors. He was a Vicinity Corporation board member when the company was sold to Microsoft in 2002. He served on the audit committees of some of these companies.

McIntyre has been the CEO of FutureSource, a provider of trading terminals and news to commodities and futures traders. He was president of Switchboard, the online phone directory company. He served as chairman and CEO of On2 Technologies, the video compression company that provided video compression software for Adobe’s Flash. Google bought On2 in 2009.