In Beverly Hills, Even the Cheapest Homes Cost Millions

by anastasiakaufman-chime-me

Home to L.A.’s most expensive houses, 90210 is outranked by just two other ZIP Codes as the priciest place to live in the U.S.

By Jessica Flint | Photographs and Video by Yasara Gunwardena for The Wall Street Journal July 5, 2023 9:00 pm ET

Rarely is a ZIP Code an international celebrity. But that is the case with 90210, digits that became famous thanks in large part to the 1990s television drama “Beverly Hills 90210.” The ZIP Code is the primary one for Beverly Hills, Calif., a stand-alone city within central Los Angeles County. Today, 90210’s prestige endures: It has the priciest homes in Los Angeles, as ranked by median listing price, and some of the most expensive properties in the U.S., according to Realtor.com. (News Corp, owner of The Wall Street Journal, also operates Realtor.com.) It is outranked only by Atherton, in California’s Bay Area, and the Aspen, Colo., area. Walkable with green spaces, the area attracts residents with its public services, school district and tightknit community in the heart of the country’s second-biggest metropolitan area.