ZIP Code 93204 — Avenal, California

The median home in 93204 is valued at $211,100 against a median household income of $51,902, a price-to-income ratio of 4.1. 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 Kings County, 93204 ranks 6 of 7 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 4.0. Renting takes 24.1% of median household income (median rent $1,043 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

93204 ranks 1,387 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,481 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $56,118 Kings County median. 45% of households own their home, below the 64% statewide ZIP median, so most residents rent. 6% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 20.2%, far above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 12.0%.

With 190 residents per square mile across 70.6 square miles of land, 93204 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 1,055 of 1,558). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.