ZIP Code 93257 — Porterville, California

The median home in 93257 is valued at $250,100 against a median household income of $54,889, 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 Tulare County, 93257 ranks 18 of 31 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 4.5. Renting takes 23.1% of median household income (median rent $1,057 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

93257 ranks 1,345 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,419 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is in line with the $54,583 Tulare County median. 56% of households own their home, below the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 19.8%, far above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 11.1%.

With 209 residents per square mile across 378.9 square miles of land, 93257 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 1,043 of 1,558). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.