ZIP Code 93523 — Edwards, California

The median home in 93523 is valued at $94,600 against a median household income of $64,018, a price-to-income ratio of 1.5. 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, 93523 ranks 2 of 39 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 4.0. Renting takes 37.7% of median household income (median rent $2,012 a month), above the 30% cost-burden threshold.

93523 ranks 1,181 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,551 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is above the $53,480 Kern County median. 22% of households own their home, far below the 64% statewide ZIP median, so most residents rent. 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 8.8%, below the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 11.8%.

With 102 residents per square mile across 37.9 square miles of land, 93523 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 1,135 of 1,558). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.