ZIP Code 92879 — Corona, California

The median home in 92879 is valued at $546,900 against a median household income of $84,500, a price-to-income ratio of 6.5. That is in line with the 6.7 median across the 1,558 California ZIP codes with published housing data, and well past the 3.0 ratio that marks an attainable market nationally, so buying here on a local median income requires substantial savings or a second income. Within Riverside County, 92879 ranks 60 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 $1,909 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

92879 ranks 820 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 876 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is in line with the $83,139 Riverside County median. 57% of households own their home, below the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 12.4%, above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 3.9%.

With 5,011 residents per square mile across 9.8 square miles of land, 92879 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 447 of 1,558). This is predominantly single-family residential with suburban street patterns.