ZIP Code 92234 — Cathedral City, California

The median home in 92234 is valued at $381,800 against a median household income of $63,209, a price-to-income ratio of 6.0. 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, so buying here on a local median income requires substantial savings or a second income. Within Riverside County, 92234 ranks 56 of 67 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 5.2. Renting takes 27.4% of median household income (median rent $1,445 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

92234 ranks 1,198 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,139 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $83,139 Riverside County median. 64% of households own their home, in line with the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 17.3%, far above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 6.2%.

With 3,511 residents per square mile across 14.8 square miles of land, 92234 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 559 of 1,558). This is predominantly single-family residential with suburban street patterns.