ZIP Code 93450 — San Ardo, California

The median home in 93450 is valued at $363,200 against a median household income of $66,083, a price-to-income ratio of 5.5. 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 Monterey County, 93450 ranks 7 of 27 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 6.8. Renting takes 24.8% of median household income (median rent $1,368 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

93450 ranks 1,147 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,187 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $84,669 Monterey County median. 44% of households own their home, below the 64% statewide ZIP median, so most residents rent. 5% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 15.8%, above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 17.8%.

With 5 residents per square mile across 180.7 square miles of land, 93450 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 1,479 of 1,558). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.