ZIP Code 93111 — Santa Barbara, California

The median home in 93111 is valued at $1,094,300 against a median household income of $134,897, a price-to-income ratio of 8.1. That is above 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 Santa Barbara County, 93111 ranks 10 of 20 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 8.3. Renting takes 24.2% of median household income (median rent $2,719 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

93111 ranks 232 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 255 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is above the $107,221 Santa Barbara County median. 67% of households own their home, in line with the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 56% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 7.5%, below the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 1.8%.

With 2,243 residents per square mile across 8.1 square miles of land, 93111 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 675 of 1,558). This is a low-density pattern of large lots, small towns or scattered subdivisions.