ZIP Code 93304 — Bakersfield, California

The median home in 93304 is valued at $209,500 against a median household income of $50,334, a price-to-income ratio of 4.2. 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, 93304 ranks 21 of 39 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 4.0. Renting takes 26.6% of median household income (median rent $1,117 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

93304 ranks 1,411 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,484 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $53,480 Kern County median. 44% of households own their home, below the 64% statewide ZIP median, so most residents rent. 12% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 26.0%, far above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median and among the highest in the state. Unemployment stands at 10.5%.

With 6,688 residents per square mile across 7.5 square miles of land, 93304 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 321 of 1,558). This is predominantly single-family residential with suburban street patterns.