ZIP 90046
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
December. Asking rents in ZIP 90046 usually run 0.8% below trend in December and 0.5% above it in May, about $37 a month apart at today's median. Based on 11 years of data.
Rent in ZIP 90046 is at its highest level since Zillow's records here began in January 2015.
Rent in ZIP 90046 changed +1.8% over the year to September 2026. Across the 819 California ZIP codes Zillow tracks, the typical change was +3.2%.
From 2019 to 2024, rent in ZIP 90046 rose 13.5% while median household income rose 33.2% ($72,266 to $96,250). Income kept ahead of rent.
Rent in ZIP 90046 is 17.4% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent has risen 6 months in a row, and rose in 7 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($96,250) is $2,406 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a studio ($2,350); a 1-bedroom is $2,630.
61st cheapest of 96 ZIP codes in Los Angeles.
ZIP 90004, 4 miles away, rents for 19% less ($2,332/mo), about $6,600 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for ZIP 90046. The seasonal pattern compares Zillow’s seasonally adjusted and unadjusted series. Income is the Census median household income (5-year estimates). Fair Market Rents are HUD’s, which include utilities.
Who lives here
ZIP 90046 (Los Angeles, CA) is majority renter-occupied, skews toward younger working-age adults, has a median income above the national average, 64.6% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How ZIP 90046 in Los Angeles, CA has changed in 5 years
Compared with 2021, rent in ZIP 90046 in Los Angeles, CA has climbed by $473 per month, settling near $2,881 after starting the period at $2,408. Median household income grew from $77,162 to $96,250 between 2021 and 2024, a 24.7% shift. Income growth outran rent by about 5.1 percentage points, easing the affordability math somewhat compared with 2021. Educational attainment has shifted as well, with the share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher climbed from 62.3% to 64.6%. Taken together, the five-year picture in ZIP 90046 in Los Angeles, CA reflects how housing costs and the people paying them have evolved through a stretch that included a pandemic, a hot rental market, and a recent cooling phase.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
ZIP code 90046 covers Los Angeles, CA. The median rent here is $2,881/mo as of October 2026. A 1-bedroom rents for a median of $2,630/mo. A 2-bedroom rents for a median of $3,280/mo.
At 36% of local median household income ($96,250/yr), ZIP 90046 ranks as moderate compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 1.8% over the past year.
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