ZIP Code 93551 — Palmdale, California

The median home in 93551 is valued at $488,600 against a median household income of $107,133, a price-to-income ratio of 4.6. That is below the 6.7 median across the 1,558 California ZIP codes with published housing data, and 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, 93551 ranks 6 of 275 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 9.2. Renting takes 23.5% of median household income (median rent $2,101 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

93551 ranks 488 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 943 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is above the $87,339 Los Angeles County median. 78% of households own their home, above the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 6.5%, below the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 5.3%.

With 642 residents per square mile across 84.8 square miles of land, 93551 is less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 868 of 1,558). This is a low-density pattern of large lots, small towns or scattered subdivisions.