ZIP Code 93458 — Santa Maria, California

The median home in 93458 is valued at $421,800 against a median household income of $75,519, a price-to-income ratio of 5.6. 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, 93458 ranks 4 of 20 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 8.3. Renting takes 27.6% of median household income (median rent $1,735 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

93458 ranks 972 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,073 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $107,221 Santa Barbara County median. 44% of households own their home, below the 64% statewide ZIP median, so most residents rent. 9% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 16.1%, above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 7.7%.

With 2,105 residents per square mile across 28.4 square miles of land, 93458 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 688 of 1,558). This is a low-density pattern of large lots, small towns or scattered subdivisions.