ZIP 92618
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
April. Asking rents in ZIP 92618 usually run 1.2% below trend in April and 1.3% above it in September, about $90 a month apart at today's median. Based on 11 years of data.
Rent in ZIP 92618 is at its highest level since Zillow's records here began in March 2015.
Rent in ZIP 92618 changed +1.6% 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 92618 rose 36.5% while median household income rose 35.7% ($107,353 to $145,731). Rent outpaced income.
Rent in ZIP 92618 is 39.1% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent has risen 4 months in a row, and rose in 9 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($145,731) is $3,643 a month. That is less than HUD's Fair Market Rent for a studio ($3,710).
6th cheapest of 8 ZIP codes in Irvine.
ZIP 92630, 3 miles away, rents for 11% less ($3,204/mo), about $5,000 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for ZIP 92618. 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 92618 (Irvine, CA) is majority renter-occupied, has a large share of families with children, has a median income above the national average, 74% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How ZIP 92618 in Irvine, CA has changed in 5 years
Rent in ZIP 92618 in Irvine, CA has increased 33.4% since 2021, going from about $2,713 per month to roughly $3,619 today. Median household income grew from $117,833 to $145,731 between 2021 and 2024, a 23.7% shift. Rent outpaced income growth by roughly 9.7 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 54,368 to 66,126 between 2021 and 2024, a 21.6% change. About 59.5% of households rent today, against 61.5% in 2021. Educational attainment has shifted as well, with the share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher climbed from 69.3% to 74%. Taken together, the five-year picture in ZIP 92618 in Irvine, 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 92618 covers Irvine, CA. The median rent here is $3,619/mo as of October 2026. A 1-bedroom rents for a median of $2,781/mo. A 2-bedroom rents for a median of $3,279/mo.
At 30% of local median household income ($145,731/yr), ZIP 92618 ranks as moderate compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 1.6% over the past year.
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