ZIP Code 93307 — Bakersfield, California

The median home in 93307 is valued at $220,400 against a median household income of $50,157, a price-to-income ratio of 4.4. 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, 93307 ranks 23 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 $1,111 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

93307 ranks 1,414 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,467 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $53,480 Kern County median. 49% of households own their home, below the 64% statewide ZIP median, so most residents rent. 8% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 26.7%, far above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median and among the highest in the state. Unemployment stands at 10.0%.

With 635 residents per square mile across 141.2 square miles of land, 93307 is less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 870 of 1,558). This is a low-density pattern of large lots, small towns or scattered subdivisions.