ZIP Code 93314 — Shafter, California

The median home in 93314 is valued at $468,900 against a median household income of $124,885, a price-to-income ratio of 3.8. 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. Within Kern County, 93314 ranks 13 of 39 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 4.0. Renting takes 16.7% of median household income (median rent $1,734 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

93314 ranks 306 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 991 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is far above the $53,480 Kern County median. 84% of households own their home, above the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 7.3%, below the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 5.5%.

With 384 residents per square mile across 88.9 square miles of land, 93314 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 946 of 1,558). This is a low-density pattern of large lots, small towns or scattered subdivisions.