ZIP Code 93534 — Lancaster, California

The median home in 93534 is valued at $298,200 against a median household income of $55,945, a price-to-income ratio of 5.3. 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 Los Angeles County, 93534 ranks 13 of 275 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 9.2. Renting takes 30.5% of median household income (median rent $1,421 a month), above the 30% cost-burden threshold.

93534 ranks 1,325 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,328 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $87,339 Los Angeles County median. 35% of households own their home, below the 64% statewide ZIP median, so most residents rent. 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 21.9%, far above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 8.7%.

With 2,238 residents per square mile across 19 square miles of land, 93534 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 676 of 1,558). This is a low-density pattern of large lots, small towns or scattered subdivisions.