ZIP Code 93215 — Delano, California

The median home in 93215 is valued at $248,400 against a median household income of $53,480, a price-to-income ratio of 4.6. 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, 93215 ranks 28 of 39 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 4.0. Renting takes 23.6% of median household income (median rent $1,053 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

93215 ranks 1,367 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,421 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is in line with the $53,480 Kern County median. 60% of households own their home, below the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 8% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 19.9%, far above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 10.2%.

With 367 residents per square mile across 145.5 square miles of land, 93215 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 952 of 1,558). This is a low-density pattern of large lots, small towns or scattered subdivisions.