ZIP Code 94601 — Oakland, California

The median home in 94601 is valued at $649,100 against a median household income of $62,825, a price-to-income ratio of 10.3. That is far 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, which means a household earning the local median income cannot finance the local median home on conventional terms. Within Alameda County, 94601 ranks 40 of 47 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 7.9. Renting takes 30.5% of median household income (median rent $1,596 a month), above the 30% cost-burden threshold.

94601 ranks 1,203 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 690 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $125,410 Alameda County median. 34% of households own their home, below the 64% statewide ZIP median, so most residents rent. 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 18.7%, far above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 6.6%.

With 16,282 residents per square mile across 3.2 square miles of land, 94601 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 56 of 1,558). This is a mixed urban fabric of apartments, small-lot houses and commercial corridors.