ZIP Code 92243 — El Centro, California

The median home in 92243 is valued at $260,400 against a median household income of $54,250, a price-to-income ratio of 4.8. 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, 92243 ranks 8 of 12 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 4.6. Renting takes 20.7% of median household income (median rent $936 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

92243 ranks 1,352 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,401 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is in line with the $52,456 Imperial County median. 53% of households own their home, below the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 21.5%, far above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 9.9%.

With 434 residents per square mile across 113.3 square miles of land, 92243 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 923 of 1,558). This is a low-density pattern of large lots, small towns or scattered subdivisions.