ZIP Code 94596 — Walnut Creek, California

The median home in 94596 is valued at $1,241,200 against a median household income of $135,422, a price-to-income ratio of 9.2. 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 Contra Costa County, 94596 ranks 39 of 40 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 6.8. Renting takes 21.4% of median household income (median rent $2,420 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

94596 ranks 231 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 181 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is above the $120,565 Contra Costa County median. 45% of households own their home, below the 64% statewide ZIP median, so most residents rent. 71% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 6.0%, below the 10.8% statewide ZIP median and among the lowest in the state. Unemployment stands at 4.6%.

With 3,901 residents per square mile across 6.1 square miles of land, 94596 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 520 of 1,558). This is predominantly single-family residential with suburban street patterns.