ZIP Code 93555 — Ridgecrest, California

The median home in 93555 is valued at $222,800 against a median household income of $81,824, a price-to-income ratio of 2.7. 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, 93555 ranks 4 of 39 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 4.0. Renting takes 16.7% of median household income (median rent $1,139 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

93555 ranks 862 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,464 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is far above the $53,480 Kern County median. 63% of households own their home, in line with the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, in line with the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 11.6%, above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 9.0%.

With 429 residents per square mile across 78.1 square miles of land, 93555 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 926 of 1,558). This is a low-density pattern of large lots, small towns or scattered subdivisions.