ZIP Code 92231 — Calexico, California

The median home in 92231 is valued at $263,200 against a median household income of $51,750, a price-to-income ratio of 5.1. 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 Imperial County, 92231 ranks 11 of 12 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 4.6. Renting takes 25.2% of median household income (median rent $1,086 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

92231 ranks 1,390 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,396 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is in line with the $52,456 Imperial County median. 51% of households own their home, below the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 22.6%, far above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 18.1%.

With 564 residents per square mile across 68.6 square miles of land, 92231 is less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 884 of 1,558). This is a low-density pattern of large lots, small towns or scattered subdivisions.