ZIP Code 93255 — Onyx, California

The median home in 93255 is valued at $134,000 against a median household income of $29,974, a price-to-income ratio of 4.5. 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, 93255 ranks 25 of 39 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 4.0.

93255 ranks 1,542 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,542 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $53,480 Kern County median. 89% of households own their home, above the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 20.5%, far above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 31.7%.

With 4 residents per square mile across 238 square miles of land, 93255 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 1,495 of 1,558). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.