ZIP Code 94552 — Castro Valley, California

The median home in 94552 is valued at $1,228,700 against a median household income of $204,260, a price-to-income ratio of 6.0. 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, so buying here on a local median income requires substantial savings or a second income. Within Alameda County, 94552 ranks 3 of 47 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 7.9. Renting takes 20.6% of median household income (median rent $3,501 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

94552 ranks 38 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 186 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is far above the $125,410 Alameda County median. 93% of households own their home, above the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 60% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 5.1%, far below the 10.8% statewide ZIP median and among the lowest in the state. Unemployment stands at 4.4%.

With 289 residents per square mile across 51.8 square miles of land, 94552 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 992 of 1,558). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.