ZIP Code 92363 — Needles, California

The median home in 92363 is valued at $136,800 against a median household income of $39,155, a price-to-income ratio of 3.5. That is 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, 92363 ranks 10 of 76 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 5.3. Renting takes 21.3% of median household income (median rent $694 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

92363 ranks 1,512 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,540 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $71,552 San Bernardino County median. 59% of households own their home, below the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 9% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 28.3%, far above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median and among the highest in the state. Unemployment stands at 16.1%.

With 15 residents per square mile across 372 square miles of land, 92363 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 1,389 of 1,558). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.