ZIP Code 93280 — Wasco, California

The median home in 93280 is valued at $226,500 against a median household income of $48,021, a price-to-income ratio of 4.7. 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, 93280 ranks 29 of 39 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 4.0. Renting takes 23.1% of median household income (median rent $925 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

93280 ranks 1,441 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,460 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $53,480 Kern County median. 59% of households own their home, below the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 6% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 21.1%, far above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 8.9%.

With 87 residents per square mile across 316 square miles of land, 93280 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 1,163 of 1,558). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.