ZIP Code 94555 — Fremont, California

The median home in 94555 is valued at $1,223,500 against a median household income of $202,832, 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, 94555 ranks 4 of 47 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 7.9. Renting takes 18.4% of median household income (median rent $3,116 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

94555 ranks 41 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 187 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is far above the $125,410 Alameda County median. 69% of households own their home, above the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 67% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 3.9%, far below the 10.8% statewide ZIP median and among the lowest in the state. Unemployment stands at 4.0%.

With 2,710 residents per square mile across 13.9 square miles of land, 94555 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 628 of 1,558). This is predominantly single-family residential with suburban street patterns.