ZIP Code 95002 — Alviso, California

The median home in 95002 is valued at $894,200 against a median household income of $107,438, a price-to-income ratio of 8.3. 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 Santa Clara County, 95002 ranks 25 of 56 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 8.6. Renting takes 26.5% of median household income (median rent $2,375 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

95002 ranks 483 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 401 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $159,101 Santa Clara County median. 62% of households own their home, in line with the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, in line with the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 4.1%, far below the 10.8% statewide ZIP median and among the lowest in the state. Unemployment stands at 4.9%.

With 200 residents per square mile across 9.6 square miles of land, 95002 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 1,052 of 1,558). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.