ZIP Code 92227 — Brawley, California

The median home in 92227 is valued at $261,700 against a median household income of $56,559, a price-to-income ratio of 4.6. 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 Imperial County, 92227 ranks 7 of 12 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 4.6. Renting takes 19.7% of median household income (median rent $927 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

92227 ranks 1,315 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,398 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is above the $52,456 Imperial County median. 54% of households own their home, below the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 23.1%, far above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 17.9%.

With 46 residents per square mile across 593.7 square miles of land, 92227 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 1,248 of 1,558). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.