ZIP Code 93591 — Palmdale, California

The median home in 93591 is valued at $261,500 against a median household income of $57,826, a price-to-income ratio of 4.5. 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, 93591 ranks 5 of 275 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 9.2. Renting takes 28.2% of median household income (median rent $1,359 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

93591 ranks 1,292 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,399 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $87,339 Los Angeles County median. 71% of households own their home, above 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 11.1%, in line with the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 6.3%.

With 99 residents per square mile across 74.3 square miles of land, 93591 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 1,138 of 1,558). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.