ZIP Code 94952 — Petaluma, California

The median home in 94952 is valued at $959,400 against a median household income of $110,739, a price-to-income ratio of 8.7. 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 Marin County, 94952 ranks 11 of 26 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 8.9. Renting takes 23.5% of median household income (median rent $2,167 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

94952 ranks 444 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 346 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $127,509 Marin County median. 59% of households own their home, below the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 48% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 6.1%, below the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 4.8%.

With 169 residents per square mile across 198.5 square miles of land, 94952 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 1,070 of 1,558). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.