A dozen Orange County ZIP codes rank among America’s priciest places to live.
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 ZIPs on the priciest list. Next was New York with 15, Connecticut with seven, New Jersey with six, and Massachusetts with five.
At the county level, Orange County’s dozen members of this tony club trailed only neighboring Los Angeles County’s 17, and the Bay Area’s Santa Clara County’s 15. After Orange County came New York’s Suffolk County (10), San Mateo County (8), Connecticut’s Fairfield County (7), and San Diego County (5).
Newport Beach has six ZIPs on the list – more than any U.S. city …
No. 4 Newport Beach 92661 at $5.72 million, a neighborhood on the Balboa Peninsula.
No. 8 Newport Beach 92657 at $5.19 million, covering Newport Coast.
No. 9 Newport Beach 92662 at $5.1 million, largely on Balboa Island.
No. 21 Newport Beach 92625 at $4.1 million, centered in Corona del Mar.
No. 38 Newport Beach 92663 at $3.19 million, mainly Newport Shores.
No. 41 Newport Beach 92660 at $3.1 million, Newport Heights and East Bluff.
Next on the city rankings were Los Angeles and Greenwich, Conn., with four ZIPs on the list. Beverly Hills, San Jose and New York City had three each?.
Orange County’s six other top-priced ZIPs include …
No. 54 Laguna Beach 92651 at $2.74 million.
No. 91 Irvine 92602 at $2.32 million.
No. 96 Villa Park 92861 at $2.25 million.
No. 99 Huntington Beach 90742 at $2.23 million.
No. 107 Surfside/Seal Beach 90743 at $2.19 million.
No. 111 Irvine 92603 at $2.16 million.
Jonathan Lansner is the business columnist for the Southern California News Group. He can be reached at jlansner@scng.com