ZIP Code 94523 — Pleasant Hill, California

The median home in 94523 is valued at $959,200 against a median household income of $136,787, a price-to-income ratio of 7.0. 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 Contra Costa County, 94523 ranks 26 of 40 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 6.8. Renting takes 21.1% of median household income (median rent $2,400 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

94523 ranks 217 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 347 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is above the $120,565 Contra Costa County median. 63% of households own their home, in line with the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 56% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 6.4%, below the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 3.7%.

With 4,856 residents per square mile across 7.2 square miles of land, 94523 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 456 of 1,558). This is predominantly single-family residential with suburban street patterns.