ZIP Code 93646 — Orange Cove, California

The median home in 93646 is valued at $215,000 against a median household income of $34,522, a price-to-income ratio of 6.2. 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, so buying here on a local median income requires substantial savings or a second income. Within Tulare County, 93646 ranks 30 of 31 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 4.5. Renting takes 31.2% of median household income (median rent $899 a month), above the 30% cost-burden threshold.

93646 ranks 1,532 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,480 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $54,583 Tulare County median. 39% of households own their home, below the 64% statewide ZIP median, so most residents rent. 7% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 44.5%, far above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median and among the highest in the state. Unemployment stands at 12.6%.

With 296 residents per square mile across 34.3 square miles of land, 93646 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 987 of 1,558). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.