ZIP 91106
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
December. Asking rents in ZIP 91106 usually run 0.7% below trend in December and 0.8% above it in August, about $43 a month apart at today's median. Based on 11 years of data.
Rent in ZIP 91106 is 1% below its high of $2,870 in December 2025, at $2,840 as of September 2026.
Rent in ZIP 91106 changed -0.6% 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 91106 rose 28.8% while median household income rose 9.5% ($82,211 to $90,028). Rent outpaced income.
Rent in ZIP 91106 is 31% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent rose in 5 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($90,028) is $2,251 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a studio ($2,200); a 1-bedroom is $2,460.
2nd cheapest of 6 ZIP codes in Pasadena.
ZIP 91803, 5 miles away, rents for 15% less ($2,411/mo), about $5,100 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for ZIP 91106. 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 91106 (Pasadena, CA) is majority renter-occupied, has a median income above the national average, 61.6% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How ZIP 91106 in Pasadena, CA has changed in 5 years
Compared with 2021, rent in ZIP 91106 in Pasadena, CA has increased by $649 per month, settling near $2,840 after starting the period at $2,191. Median household income grew from $84,153 to $90,028 between 2021 and 2024, a 7.0% shift. Rent outpaced income growth by roughly 22.6 percentage points, which means renters are spending a larger slice of each paycheck on housing than they did in 2021. Headcount in the area went from 23,589 to 23,910 between 2021 and 2024, a 1.4% change. Taken together, the five-year picture in ZIP 91106 in Pasadena, 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 91106 covers Pasadena, CA. The median rent here is $2,840/mo as of October 2026. A 1-bedroom rents for a median of $2,460/mo. A 2-bedroom rents for a median of $3,070/mo.
At 38% of local median household income ($90,028/yr), ZIP 91106 ranks as moderate compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have decreased 0.6% over the past year.
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At $2,840/mo, rent takes ~38% of ZIP 91106's median household income ($90,028/yr). The standard benchmark is 30%.
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