ZIP Code 93308 — Bakersfield, California

The median home in 93308 is valued at $284,400 against a median household income of $54,189, a price-to-income ratio of 5.2. 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, though it is among the more attainable ratios in the state. Within Kern County, 93308 ranks 32 of 39 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 4.0. Renting takes 26.1% of median household income (median rent $1,180 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

93308 ranks 1,355 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,361 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is in line with the $53,480 Kern County median. 47% of households own their home, below the 64% statewide ZIP median, so most residents rent. 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 21.7%, far above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 9.3%.

With 160 residents per square mile across 344.6 square miles of land, 93308 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 1,081 of 1,558). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.