Real Estate
Newport Beach ZIP Code Among Country's Top 10 Most Expensive: Study
Newport is also home to six of Orange County's nine uber-expensive ZIP codes, according to a new analysis.
NEWPORT BEACH, CA — With a median home-sale price of $4.49 million, Newport Beach's 92661 ZIP code was the seventh most expensive in the entire country, according to a new analysis from real estate data site PropertyShark.
The ZIP code covers the eastern portion of Balboa Peninsula, where waterfront property is the norm — for a price. It's one of nine Orange County ZIP codes that made the list of the 100 most expensive in the U.S. Of those in the county, six are in Newport Beach.
To come up with the list, PropertyShark calculated median sale prices based on closed home sales this year, up until Oct. 20. To be included, ZIP codes must have had at least three sales. The top 100 list included 122 zip codes due to ties, according to PropertyShark.
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Here are the Orange County ZIP codes that made PropertyShark's 100 priciest in the country:
| National Rank | ZIP Code | Median Price |
| 7 | Balboa Peninsula (92661) | $4.95 million |
| 11 | Newport Coast (92657) | $4.17 million |
| 14 | Balboa Island (92662) | $3.9 million |
| 17 | Corona Del Mar (92625) | $3.6 million |
| 34 | Laguna Beach (92651) | $2.77 million |
| 40 | Newport Beach (92660) | $2.6 million |
| 46 | Newport Beach (92663) | $2.49 million |
| 85 | Irvine | $1.98 million |
| 96 | Villa Park | $1.88 million |
Check out the complete list of Top 100 Most Expensive U.S. Zip Codes at PropertyShark.
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