ZIP Code 92211 — Palm Desert, California

The median home in 92211 is valued at $482,000 against a median household income of $82,917, a price-to-income ratio of 5.8. That is below 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, though it is among the more attainable ratios in the state. Within Riverside County, 92211 ranks 54 of 67 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 5.2. Renting takes 25.7% of median household income (median rent $1,776 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

92211 ranks 844 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 965 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is in line with the $83,139 Riverside County median. 72% of households own their home, above the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 9.5%, below the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 5.8%.

With 1,807 residents per square mile across 14.8 square miles of land, 92211 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 710 of 1,558). This is a low-density pattern of large lots, small towns or scattered subdivisions.