ZIP Code 92249 — Heber, California

The median home in 92249 is valued at $252,000 against a median household income of $56,604, a price-to-income ratio of 4.5. 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, 92249 ranks 5 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 $931 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

92249 ranks 1,313 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,418 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is above the $52,456 Imperial County median. 68% of households own their home, above the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 16.1%, above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 4.5%.

With 397 residents per square mile across 19.9 square miles of land, 92249 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 939 of 1,558). This is a low-density pattern of large lots, small towns or scattered subdivisions.