ZIP Code 93249 — Lost Hills, California

The median home in 93249 is valued at $156,000 against a median household income of $41,534, a price-to-income ratio of 3.8. 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. Within Kern County, 93249 ranks 14 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 $838 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

93249 ranks 1,495 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,528 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $53,480 Kern County median. 33% of households own their home, below the 64% statewide ZIP median, so most residents rent. 2% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 20.9%, far above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 5.4%.

With 10 residents per square mile across 203.2 square miles of land, 93249 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.