ZIP Code 92543 — Hemet, California

The median home in 92543 is valued at $199,100 against a median household income of $43,881, a price-to-income ratio of 4.5. 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, 92543 ranks 15 of 67 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 5.2. Renting takes 33.6% of median household income (median rent $1,228 a month), above the 30% cost-burden threshold.

92543 ranks 1,476 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,499 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $83,139 Riverside County median. 55% of households own their home, below the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 12% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 25.7%, far above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median and among the highest in the state. Unemployment stands at 12.7%.

With 2,011 residents per square mile across 19.1 square miles of land, 92543 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 699 of 1,558). This is a low-density pattern of large lots, small towns or scattered subdivisions.