ZIP Code 93640 — Mendota, California

The median home in 93640 is valued at $239,800 against a median household income of $40,692, a price-to-income ratio of 5.9. 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 Fresno County, 93640 ranks 36 of 44 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 4.8. Renting takes 23.9% of median household income (median rent $809 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

93640 ranks 1,506 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,439 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $57,383 Fresno County median. 45% of households own their home, below the 64% statewide ZIP median, so most residents rent. 4% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 33.9%, far above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median and among the highest in the state. Unemployment stands at 11.8%.

With 90 residents per square mile across 157.9 square miles of land, 93640 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 1,158 of 1,558). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.