Los Angeles County is the nation’s housing hot spot for expensive neighborhoods, by one new ranking.
My trusty spreadsheet found PropertyShark’s annual count of the nation’s priciest ZIP codes included 15 Los Angeles County ZIP codes among 122 in this costliest housing club, more than any other county in the U.S.
PropertyShark’s ranking of high-end communities tracks pricing in ZIP codes with five or more sales in the nine months ended in September 2026. The math is the median pricing from sales of houses, townhomes, condominiums and duplexes. ZIPs in Montana, Texas, Utah and Wyoming were not included due to difficulty in tracking sales values in those states.
You can take the lofty ranking as another sign of how expensive it is to live in Los Angeles. Or you could see it as a symbol of the county’s wealth.
Either way, after Los Angeles, this county scorecard ranked Santa Clara County No. 2, with 13 ZIP codes among the highest-priced. Then came Orange County with 12, New York’s Suffolk County with 10, and San Mateo County and Connecticut’s Fairfield County with seven.
How expensive are the homes in these ZIP codes? The 15 L.A. communities had a median sales price of $2.8 million.
Who made it?
For all the emotions tied to the California coast, it’s intriguing to see where folks will spend the most.
PropertyShark’s Los Angeles high-end group is a curious mix of ocean-close communities, mid-city living and some foothill neighborhoods.
Beverly Hills 90210 was Los Angeles County’s priciest ZIP at $5.4 million. It ranked No. 8 nationally. The other 14 L.A. ZIPs on the costliest list:
– Santa Monica 90402 at $4.4 million, No. 16 nationally.
– Manhattan Beach 90266 at $3.5 million, No. 36.
– San Marino 91108 at $3.2 million, No. 45.
– Malibu 90265 at $2.89 million, No. 55.
– Bradbury 91008 at $2.88 million, No. 56.
– Los Angeles 90077 at $2.8 million, No. 63.
– Beverly Hills 90212 at $2.78 million, No. 64.
– Palos Verdes Peninsula 90274 at $2.47 million, No. 87.
– La Canada Flintridge 91011 at $2.456 million, No. 91.
– Hermosa Beach 90254 at $2.43 million, No. 94.
– Encino 91436 at $2.42 million, No. 96.
– Los Angeles 90049 at $2.3 million, No. 110.
– Los Angeles 90272 at $2.29 million, No. 115.
– Beverly Hills 90211 at $2.24 million, No. 118.
Stately status
Need another reminder that California housing is really expensive?
Well, 69 neighborhoods in the Golden State made PropertyShark’s list. That’s easily No. 1, well ahead of New York’s 20, New Jersey’s 7, Connecticut’s 7, and Massachusetts’ five.
Also, the nation’s costliest ZIP code for 2026 is a Golden State neighborhood: The Bay Area’s Atherton 94027 at $10.7 million.
Or contemplate minor progress on affordability. PropertyShark noted that California accounted for 57% of this year’s priciest ZIPs, down from a peak of 73% in 2019.
Jonathan Lansner is the business columnist for the Southern California News Group. He can be reached at jlansner@scng.com
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