ZIP Code 94587 — Union City, California

The median home in 94587 is valued at $1,006,600 against a median household income of $138,013, a price-to-income ratio of 7.3. That is above 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, 94587 ranks 14 of 47 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 7.9. Renting takes 22.5% of median household income (median rent $2,593 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

94587 ranks 207 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 313 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is above the $125,410 Alameda County median. 66% of households own their home, in line with 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 6.6%, below the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 4.6%.

With 3,546 residents per square mile across 19.6 square miles of land, 94587 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 555 of 1,558). This is predominantly single-family residential with suburban street patterns.