ZIP Code 94547 — Hercules, California

The median home in 94547 is valued at $690,000 against a median household income of $125,880, a price-to-income ratio of 5.5. 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, 94547 ranks 4 of 40 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 6.8. Renting takes 26.3% of median household income (median rent $2,759 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

94547 ranks 295 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 627 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is in line with the $120,565 Contra Costa County median. 80% of households own their home, above the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 4.7%, far below the 10.8% statewide ZIP median and among the lowest in the state. Unemployment stands at 4.4%.

With 4,569 residents per square mile across 5.7 square miles of land, 94547 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 476 of 1,558). This is predominantly single-family residential with suburban street patterns.