ZIP Code 92008 — Carlsbad, California

The median home in 92008 is valued at $1,051,400 against a median household income of $101,897, a price-to-income ratio of 10.3. That is far above the 6.7 median across the 1,558 California ZIP codes with published housing data, and well past the 3.0 ratio that marks an attainable market nationally, which means a household earning the local median income cannot finance the local median home on conventional terms. Within San Diego County, 92008 ranks 84 of 94 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 7.4. Renting takes 26.2% of median household income (median rent $2,223 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

92008 ranks 558 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 285 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is in line with the $98,033 San Diego County median. 49% of households own their home, below the 64% statewide ZIP median, so most residents rent. 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 8.5%, below the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 7.1%.

With 2,632 residents per square mile across 10.4 square miles of land, 92008 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 635 of 1,558). This is predominantly single-family residential with suburban street patterns.