ZIP Code 92274 — Thermal, California

The median home in 92274 is valued at $128,800 against a median household income of $30,489, a price-to-income ratio of 4.2. 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 Riverside County, 92274 ranks 7 of 67 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 5.2. Renting takes 32.7% of median household income (median rent $830 a month), above the 30% cost-burden threshold.

92274 ranks 1,540 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,543 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is far below the $83,139 Riverside County median. 86% of households own their home, above the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 4% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 21.9%, far above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 15.0%.

With 74 residents per square mile across 216.2 square miles of land, 92274 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 1,185 of 1,558). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.