ZIP Code 94608 — Emeryville, California

The median home in 94608 is valued at $813,100 against a median household income of $114,286, a price-to-income ratio of 7.1. 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, 94608 ranks 12 of 47 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 7.9. Renting takes 26.7% of median household income (median rent $2,543 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

94608 ranks 400 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 478 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. 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 13.8%, above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 5.7%.

With 12,172 residents per square mile across 2.8 square miles of land, 94608 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 108 of 1,558). This is a mixed urban fabric of apartments, small-lot houses and commercial corridors.