ZIP Code 93206 — Buttonwillow, California

The median home in 93206 is valued at $203,100 against a median household income of $50,938, a price-to-income ratio of 4.0. 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. Within Kern County, 93206 ranks 19 of 39 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 4.0. Renting takes 24.2% of median household income (median rent $1,028 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

93206 ranks 1,401 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,495 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is in line with the $53,480 Kern County median. 45% of households own their home, below the 64% statewide ZIP median, so most residents rent. 8% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 21.0%, far above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 7.6%.

With 10 residents per square mile across 163.8 square miles of land, 93206 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 1,425 of 1,558). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.