ZIP Code 94517 — Clayton, California

The median home in 94517 is valued at $911,500 against a median household income of $156,870, a price-to-income ratio of 5.8. 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, though it is among the more attainable ratios in the state. Within Contra Costa County, 94517 ranks 9 of 40 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 6.8. Renting takes 26.8% of median household income (median rent $3,501 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

94517 ranks 137 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 387 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is above the $120,565 Contra Costa County median. 92% of households own their home, above the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 3.0%, far below the 10.8% statewide ZIP median and among the lowest in the state. Unemployment stands at 6.3%.

With 259 residents per square mile across 47.7 square miles of land, 94517 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 1,015 of 1,558). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.