ZIP Code 93309 — Bakersfield, California

The median home in 93309 is valued at $268,800 against a median household income of $59,828, a price-to-income ratio of 4.5. 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, 93309 ranks 26 of 39 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 4.0. Renting takes 24.2% of median household income (median rent $1,206 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

93309 ranks 1,253 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,386 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is above the $53,480 Kern County median. 48% of households own their home, below the 64% statewide ZIP median, so most residents rent. 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 17.1%, far above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 7.9%.

With 5,984 residents per square mile across 10.5 square miles of land, 93309 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 362 of 1,558). This is predominantly single-family residential with suburban street patterns.