ZIP Code 93305 — Bakersfield, California

The median home in 93305 is valued at $215,700 against a median household income of $35,379, a price-to-income ratio of 6.1. That is below the 6.7 median across the 1,558 California ZIP codes with published housing data, and well past the 3.0 ratio that marks an attainable market nationally, so buying here on a local median income requires substantial savings or a second income. Within Kern County, 93305 ranks 36 of 39 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 4.0. Renting takes 35.1% of median household income (median rent $1,034 a month), above the 30% cost-burden threshold.

93305 ranks 1,530 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,479 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $53,480 Kern County median. 34% of households own their home, below the 64% statewide ZIP median, so most residents rent. 9% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 33.7%, far above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median and among the highest in the state. Unemployment stands at 11.2%.

With 6,342 residents per square mile across 5.8 square miles of land, 93305 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 337 of 1,558). This is predominantly single-family residential with suburban street patterns.