ZIP Code 92309 — Baker, California

The median home in 92309 is valued at $96,100 against a median household income of $31,786, a price-to-income ratio of 3.0. That is far below the 6.7 median across the 1,558 California ZIP codes with published housing data, and near the 3.0 ratio that marks an attainable market nationally. Within San Bernardino County, 92309 ranks 7 of 76 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 5.3. Renting takes 29.2% of median household income (median rent $774 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

92309 ranks 1,539 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,550 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is far below the $71,552 San Bernardino County median. 34% of households own their home, below the 64% statewide ZIP median, so most residents rent. 1% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 30.4%, far above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median and among the highest in the state. Unemployment stands at 3.9%.

With 2 residents per square mile across 358.5 square miles of land, 92309 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 1,527 of 1,558). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.