ZIP Code 92253 — La Quinta, California

The median home in 92253 is valued at $560,500 against a median household income of $92,744, 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, 92253 ranks 57 of 67 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 5.2. Renting takes 23.0% of median household income (median rent $1,779 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

92253 ranks 685 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 852 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is above the $83,139 Riverside County median. 74% of households own their home, above the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 9.5%, below the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 8.1%.

With 938 residents per square mile across 40.4 square miles of land, 92253 is less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 807 of 1,558). This is a low-density pattern of large lots, small towns or scattered subdivisions.