ZIP Code 94551 — Livermore, California

The median home in 94551 is valued at $898,400 against a median household income of $128,356, a price-to-income ratio of 7.0. That is in line with 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 Alameda County, 94551 ranks 11 of 47 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 7.9. Renting takes 23.0% of median household income (median rent $2,463 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

94551 ranks 273 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 398 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is in line with the $125,410 Alameda County median. 70% of households own their home, above the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 5.4%, far below the 10.8% statewide ZIP median and among the lowest in the state. Unemployment stands at 3.7%.

With 484 residents per square mile across 82.7 square miles of land, 94551 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 909 of 1,558). This is a low-density pattern of large lots, small towns or scattered subdivisions.