ZIP Code 94954 — Petaluma, California

The median home in 94954 is valued at $750,000 against a median household income of $108,630, a price-to-income ratio of 6.9. That is in line with 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 Sonoma County, 94954 ranks 10 of 30 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 7.9. Renting takes 26.4% of median household income (median rent $2,392 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

94954 ranks 468 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 541 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is above the $100,331 Sonoma County median. 65% of households own their home, in line with the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 5.7%, below the 10.8% statewide ZIP median and among the lowest in the state. Unemployment stands at 4.6%.

With 614 residents per square mile across 62.2 square miles of land, 94954 is less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 876 of 1,558). This is a low-density pattern of large lots, small towns or scattered subdivisions.