ZIP Code 94086 — Sunnyvale, California

The median home in 94086 is valued at $1,631,700 against a median household income of $171,265, a price-to-income ratio of 9.5. 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, 94086 ranks 37 of 56 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 8.6. Renting takes 20.0% of median household income (median rent $2,860 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

94086 ranks 100 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 91 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is above the $159,101 Santa Clara County median. 30% of households own their home, far below the 64% statewide ZIP median, so most residents rent. 70% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 5.3%, far below the 10.8% statewide ZIP median and among the lowest in the state. Unemployment stands at 3.2%.

With 11,186 residents per square mile across 4.4 square miles of land, 94086 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 133 of 1,558). This is a mixed urban fabric of apartments, small-lot houses and commercial corridors.