ZIP Code 92241 — Desert Hot Springs, California

The median home in 92241 is valued at $96,800 against a median household income of $42,771, a price-to-income ratio of 2.3. That is far below the 6.7 median across the 1,558 California ZIP codes with published housing data, and near the 3.0 ratio that marks an attainable market nationally. Within Riverside County, 92241 ranks 1 of 67 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 5.2. Renting takes 23.5% of median household income (median rent $838 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

92241 ranks 1,485 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,549 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $83,139 Riverside County median. 84% of households own their home, above the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 17.2%, far above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 9.9%.

With 62 residents per square mile across 132.6 square miles of land, 92241 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 1,206 of 1,558). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.