ZIP Code 92257 — Niland, California

The median home in 92257 is valued at $56,400 against a median household income of $11,181, a price-to-income ratio of 5.0. 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, though it is among the more attainable ratios in the state. Within Imperial County, 92257 ranks 10 of 12 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 4.6. Renting takes 81.1% of median household income (median rent $756 a month), which is severely cost-burdened by the federal definition.

92257 ranks 1,556 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,558 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is far below the $52,456 Imperial County median. 46% of households own their home, below the 64% statewide ZIP median, so most residents rent. 7% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 51.5%, far above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median and among the highest in the state. Unemployment stands at 3.7%.

With 4 residents per square mile across 270.7 square miles of land, 92257 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 1,495 of 1,558). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.