ZIP Code 92059 — Pala, California

The median home in 92059 is valued at $390,600 against a median household income of $94,579, a price-to-income ratio of 4.1. That is below the 6.7 median across the 1,558 California ZIP codes with published housing data, and past the 3.0 ratio that marks an attainable market nationally, though it is among the more attainable ratios in the state. Within San Diego County, 92059 ranks 3 of 94 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 7.4. Renting takes 19.7% of median household income (median rent $1,549 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

92059 ranks 654 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,122 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is in line with the $98,033 San Diego County median. 62% of households own their home, in line with the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 9.0%, below the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 4.9%.

With 53 residents per square mile across 27.6 square miles of land, 92059 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 1,230 of 1,558). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.