ZIP Code 94085 — Sunnyvale, California

The median home in 94085 is valued at $1,495,000 against a median household income of $168,250, a price-to-income ratio of 8.9. 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 Santa Clara County, 94085 ranks 31 of 56 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 8.6. Renting takes 22.0% of median household income (median rent $3,087 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

94085 ranks 108 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 119 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is above the $159,101 Santa Clara County median. 39% of households own their home, below the 64% statewide ZIP median, so most residents rent. 59% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 8.1%, below the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 3.8%.

With 6,570 residents per square mile across 3.5 square miles of land, 94085 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 328 of 1,558). This is predominantly single-family residential with suburban street patterns.