ZIP Code 94553 — Martinez, California

The median home in 94553 is valued at $723,400 against a median household income of $118,704, a price-to-income ratio of 6.1. 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 Contra Costa County, 94553 ranks 11 of 40 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 6.8. Renting takes 21.9% of median household income (median rent $2,170 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

94553 ranks 354 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 579 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is in line with the $120,565 Contra Costa County median. 72% of households own their home, above the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 6.4%, below the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 5.2%.

With 796 residents per square mile across 61.6 square miles of land, 94553 is less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 835 of 1,558). This is a low-density pattern of large lots, small towns or scattered subdivisions.