ZIP Code 94515 — Calistoga, California

The median home in 94515 is valued at $821,600 against a median household income of $102,557, a price-to-income ratio of 8.0. 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 Sonoma County, 94515 ranks 16 of 30 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 7.9. Renting takes 19.3% of median household income (median rent $1,648 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

94515 ranks 547 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 469 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is in line with the $100,331 Sonoma County median. 66% of households own their home, in line with the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 6.5%, below the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 1.5%.

With 61 residents per square mile across 115.5 square miles of land, 94515 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 1,209 of 1,558). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.