ZIP Code 93550 — Palmdale, California

The median home in 93550 is valued at $345,200 against a median household income of $61,394, 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 Los Angeles County, 93550 ranks 19 of 275 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 9.2. Renting takes 28.5% of median household income (median rent $1,457 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

93550 ranks 1,231 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,231 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $87,339 Los Angeles County median. 54% of households own their home, below the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 9% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 19.7%, far above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 9.0%.

With 314 residents per square mile across 259.3 square miles of land, 93550 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 977 of 1,558). This is a low-density pattern of large lots, small towns or scattered subdivisions.