ZIP Code 92277 — Twentynine Palms, California

The median home in 92277 is valued at $203,000 against a median household income of $50,957, a price-to-income ratio of 4.0. 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. Within San Bernardino County, 92277 ranks 12 of 76 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 5.3. Renting takes 28.1% of median household income (median rent $1,194 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

92277 ranks 1,399 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,496 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $71,552 San Bernardino County median. 39% of households own their home, below the 64% statewide ZIP median, so most residents rent. 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 17.9%, far above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 6.8%.

With 17 residents per square mile across 1599.1 square miles of land, 92277 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 1,374 of 1,558). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.