ZIP Code 92036 — Julian, California

The median home in 92036 is valued at $537,700 against a median household income of $72,500, a price-to-income ratio of 7.4. That is 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, so buying here on a local median income requires substantial savings or a second income. Within San Diego County, 92036 ranks 50 of 94 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 7.4. Renting takes 24.4% of median household income (median rent $1,477 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

92036 ranks 1,021 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 888 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $98,033 San Diego County median. 85% of households own their home, above the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, in line with the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 8.3%, below the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 7.5%.

With 6 residents per square mile across 504.3 square miles of land, 92036 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 1,463 of 1,558). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.