ZIP Code 93901 — Salinas, California

The median home in 93901 is valued at $658,000 against a median household income of $84,669, a price-to-income ratio of 7.8. That is above 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 Monterey County, 93901 ranks 19 of 27 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 6.8. Renting takes 24.1% of median household income (median rent $1,700 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

93901 ranks 818 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 675 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is in line with the $84,669 Monterey County median. 46% of households own their home, below the 64% statewide ZIP median, so most residents rent. 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 11.8%, above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 4.6%.

With 3,073 residents per square mile across 9.6 square miles of land, 93901 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 598 of 1,558). This is predominantly single-family residential with suburban street patterns.