ZIP Code 94709 — Berkeley, California

The median home in 94709 is valued at $1,196,000 against a median household income of $84,965, a price-to-income ratio of 14.1. 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, 94709 ranks 46 of 47 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 7.9. Renting takes 27.5% of median household income (median rent $1,945 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

94709 ranks 813 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 194 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $125,410 Alameda County median. 27% of households own their home, far below the 64% statewide ZIP median, so most residents rent. 80% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 19.6%, far above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 3.0%.

With 17,429 residents per square mile across 0.7 square miles of land, 94709 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 43 of 1,558). This is a mixed urban fabric of apartments, small-lot houses and commercial corridors.