ZIP 90275
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
December. Asking rents in ZIP 90275 usually run 1.3% below trend in December and 1.1% above it in July, about $108 a month apart at today's median. Based on 11 years of data.
Rent in ZIP 90275 is 0.2% below its high of $4,525 in August 2026, at $4,517 as of September 2026.
Rent in ZIP 90275 changed +5.4% 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 90275 rose 30.5% while median household income rose 29.8% ($138,293 to $179,469). Rent outpaced income.
Rent in ZIP 90275 is 43.9% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent rose in 9 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($179,469) is $4,487 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 2-bedroom ($3,900); a 3-bedroom is $4,940.
ZIP 90732, 3 miles away, rents for 12% less ($3,973/mo), about $6,500 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for ZIP 90275. 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 90275 (Rancho Palos Verdes, CA) is majority owner-occupied, has a large retiree population, has a median income above the national average, 70.5% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How ZIP 90275 in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA has changed in 5 years
Since 2021, the typical rent in ZIP 90275 in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA has increased from $3,409 to $4,517, a 32.5% change over five years. Median household income rose from $158,952 to $179,469 between 2021 and 2024, a 12.9% shift. That spread, with rent up faster than earnings, points to a tougher affordability environment than five years ago. The population has contracted by 3.5% since 2021, moving from about 42,417 residents to roughly 40,945. Renters now make up 19.5% of households, compared with 21.1% five years ago. College-educated residents now make up 70.5% of adults here, versus 68.5% in 2021. Taken together, the five-year picture in ZIP 90275 in Rancho Palos Verdes, 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 90275 covers Rancho Palos Verdes, CA. The median rent here is $4,517/mo as of October 2026. A 1-bedroom rents for a median of $3,130/mo. A 2-bedroom rents for a median of $3,900/mo.
At 30% of local median household income ($179,469/yr), ZIP 90275 ranks as moderate compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 5.4% over the past year.
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