ZIP Code 93203 — Arvin, California

The median home in 93203 is valued at $229,300 against a median household income of $47,991, a price-to-income ratio of 4.8. 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 Kern County, 93203 ranks 30 of 39 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 4.0. Renting takes 26.6% of median household income (median rent $1,063 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

93203 ranks 1,442 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,457 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $53,480 Kern County median. 52% of households own their home, below the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 4% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 27.9%, far above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median and among the highest in the state. Unemployment stands at 10.6%.

With 121 residents per square mile across 172 square miles of land, 93203 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 1,114 of 1,558). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.