ZIP Code 93561 — Tehachapi, California

The median home in 93561 is valued at $358,100 against a median household income of $82,093, a price-to-income ratio of 4.4. 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 Kern County, 93561 ranks 22 of 39 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 4.0. Renting takes 17.8% of median household income (median rent $1,216 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

93561 ranks 857 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,196 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is far above the $53,480 Kern County median. 79% of households own their home, above the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 8.8%, below the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 6.2%.

With 103 residents per square mile across 301.8 square miles of land, 93561 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 1,134 of 1,558). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.