ZIP Code 93516 — Boron, California

The median home in 93516 is valued at $101,400 against a median household income of $71,786, a price-to-income ratio of 1.4. That is far below the 6.7 median across the 1,558 California ZIP codes with published housing data, and near the 3.0 ratio that marks an attainable market nationally. Within Kern County, 93516 ranks 1 of 39 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 4.0. Renting takes 17.9% of median household income (median rent $1,071 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

93516 ranks 1,036 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,548 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is above the $53,480 Kern County median. 57% of households own their home, below the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 26.2%, far above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median and among the highest in the state. Unemployment stands at 10.9%.

With 90 residents per square mile across 28.6 square miles of land, 93516 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 1,158 of 1,558). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.