ZIP Code 95111 — San Jose, California

The median home in 95111 is valued at $797,900 against a median household income of $90,808, a price-to-income ratio of 8.8. 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, 95111 ranks 30 of 56 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 8.6. Renting takes 26.2% of median household income (median rent $1,982 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

95111 ranks 715 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 498 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $159,101 Santa Clara County median. 59% of households own their home, below the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 9.0%, below the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 5.1%.

With 10,304 residents per square mile across 5.8 square miles of land, 95111 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 153 of 1,558). This is a mixed urban fabric of apartments, small-lot houses and commercial corridors.