ZIP Code 92544 — Hemet, California

The median home in 92544 is valued at $316,700 against a median household income of $63,579, a price-to-income ratio of 5.0. 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, though it is among the more attainable ratios in the state. Within Riverside County, 92544 ranks 25 of 67 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 5.2. Renting takes 27.1% of median household income (median rent $1,436 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

92544 ranks 1,191 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,297 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $83,139 Riverside County median. 67% of households own their home, above the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 13% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 17.3%, far above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 9.1%.

With 302 residents per square mile across 170.8 square miles of land, 92544 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 983 of 1,558). This is a low-density pattern of large lots, small towns or scattered subdivisions.