ZIP Code 93454 — Santa Maria, California

The median home in 93454 is valued at $434,300 against a median household income of $80,438, a price-to-income ratio of 5.4. 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 Santa Barbara County, 93454 ranks 3 of 20 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 8.3. Renting takes 24.8% of median household income (median rent $1,661 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

93454 ranks 887 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,049 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $107,221 Santa Barbara County median. 53% of households own their home, below the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 11.6%, above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 5.0%.

With 98 residents per square mile across 418.3 square miles of land, 93454 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 1,141 of 1,558). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.