ZIP Code 95255 — West Point, California

The median home in 95255 is valued at $255,100 against a median household income of $65,139, a price-to-income ratio of 3.9. That is below the 6.7 median across the 1,558 California ZIP codes with published housing data, and past the 3.0 ratio that marks an attainable market nationally. Within Calaveras County, 95255 ranks 3 of 12 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 4.8. Renting takes 21.8% of median household income (median rent $1,182 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

95255 ranks 1,163 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,411 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $85,243 Calaveras County median. 80% of households own their home, above the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 12% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 22.0%, far above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 4.4%.

With 41 residents per square mile across 44.1 square miles of land, 95255 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 1,262 of 1,558). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.