Best ZIP Codes for Cash Flow in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA (2026)

Ranked by cap rate — the annual return on the purchase price before financing. ZIPs that also clear the 1% rule are marked.

# ZIP City Home value Rent Cap rate 5-yr growth
1 93535 Lancaster, CA $429,099 $2,731 4.96% 3.3%
2 92637 Laguna Woods, CA $470,508 $2,840 4.71% 4.2%
3 90067 Los Angeles, CA $1,622,756 $9,711 4.67% 2.3%
4 93552 Palmdale, CA $497,594 $2,937 4.60% 3.3%
5 93551 Palmdale, CA $593,902 $3,241 4.26% 2.7%
6 93553 Pearblossom, CA $429,804 $2,340 4.25% 3.3%
7 90802 Long Beach, CA $488,289 $2,634 4.21% 1.7%
8 90014 Los Angeles, CA $529,156 $2,705 3.99% -3.4%
9 91210 Glendale, CA $1,157,551 $5,900 3.98% 2.9%
10 90002 Los Angeles, CA $596,208 $2,965 3.88% 3.5%
11 93550 Palmdale, CA $451,503 $2,234 3.86% 3.4%
12 93532 Lake Hughes, CA $427,004 $2,106 3.85% 3.0%
13 93536 Lancaster, CA $539,047 $2,640 3.82% 2.7%
14 93591 Palmdale, CA $389,595 $1,863 3.73% 4.3%
15 93534 Lancaster, CA $416,907 $1,955 3.66% 3.0%
16 90013 Los Angeles, CA $602,266 $2,803 3.63% -1.5%
17 93544 Llano, CA $415,367 $1,863 3.50% 2.4%
18 90001 Florence-Graham, CA $600,197 $2,686 3.49% 3.9%
19 91384 Castaic, CA $802,561 $3,575 3.47% 2.9%
20 90003 Los Angeles, CA $609,187 $2,698 3.45% 3.3%
21 90015 Los Angeles, CA $613,421 $2,715 3.45% -2.8%
22 90017 Los Angeles, CA $586,499 $2,590 3.44% -3.5%
23 90222 Compton, CA $629,380 $2,748 3.41% 4.5%
24 93543 Littlerock, CA $466,596 $2,034 3.40% 3.9%
25 91307 Los Angeles, CA $998,115 $4,329 3.38% 2.7%

Ranked from Repit’s own ZIP-level data — Zillow home values and rents, HUD fair-market rents where Zillow has no coverage, and U.S. Census vacancy. Cap rate is gross: annual rent over purchase price, before financing and expenses. Every ZIP above links to its full free page. How we calculate this →