ZIP Code 93461 — Shandon, California

The median home in 93461 is valued at $430,800 against a median household income of $72,120, a price-to-income ratio of 6.0. 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 San Luis Obispo County, 93461 ranks 2 of 19 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 8.0. Renting takes 28.5% of median household income (median rent $1,714 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

93461 ranks 1,029 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,056 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $89,889 San Luis Obispo County median. 69% of households own their home, above the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 11% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 6.3%, below the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 7.6%.

With 5 residents per square mile across 294.2 square miles of land, 93461 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.