Despite numerous economic and social challenges, Los Angeles County’s real estate still has huge appeal. It has more ZIP codes ranking among America’s priciest places to live than any other U.S. county.
My trusty spreadsheet reviewed PropertyShark’s list of the nation’s 120 priciest ZIP codes, based on the median selling price of condo, co-op, and single- and two-family homes in the nine months through Sept. 30. The study looked at states excluding Montana, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming, where sale prices are not fully discernible.
California dominated the rankings, with 73 ZIP codes on the priciest list, followed by New York with 15, Connecticut with 7, New Jersey with 6, and Massachusetts with 5.
At the county level, after Los Angeles County’s 17 came the Bay Area’s Santa Clara County at 15, Orange County at 12, then New York’s Suffolk County (10), San Mateo County (8), Connecticut’s Fairfield County (7), and San Diego County (5).
As for city rankings, Newport Beach has six priciest ZIPs – the most in the U.S. – followed by the city of Los Angeles and Greenwich, Conn., with four ZIPs each. Beverly Hills, San Jose and New York City had three each.
The 17 Los Angeles County ZIP codes on this luxury-level scorecard, along with their national ranking …
Santa Monica 90402 at $4.86 million, No. 12 nationally.
Beverly Hills 90210 at $4.35 million, No. 14 nationally.
Los Angeles 90077 at $3.55 million, No. 26 nationally.
Manhattan Beach 90266 at $3.30 million, No. 35 nationally.
Los Angeles 90049 at $3.17 million, No. 39 nationally.
San Marino 91108 at $3.00 million, No. 43 nationally.
Malibu 90265 at $2.60 million, No. 62 nationally.
Hermosa Beach 90254 at $2.56 million, No. 66 nationally.
Beverly Hills 90212 at $2.56 million, No. 67 nationally.
Los Angeles 90272 at $2.53 million, No. 70 nationally.
La Canada Flintridge 91011 at $2.51 million, No. 72 nationally.
Beverly Hills 90211 at $2.46 million, No. 77 nationally.
Palos Verdes Peninsula 90274 at $2.39 million, No. 84 nationally.
Venice 90291 at $2.20 million, No. 105 nationally.
Encino 91436 at $2.18 million, No. 109 nationally.
Los Angeles 90048 at $2.12 million, No. 114 nationally.
Calabasas 91302 at $2.08 million, No. 116 nationally.
Jonathan Lansner is the business columnist for the Southern California News Group. He can be reached at jlansner@scng.com