ZIP Code 95401 — Santa Rosa, California

The median home in 95401 is valued at $605,500 against a median household income of $88,439, a price-to-income ratio of 6.8. 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, 95401 ranks 9 of 30 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 7.9. Renting takes 26.0% of median household income (median rent $1,917 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

95401 ranks 763 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 771 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $100,331 Sonoma County median. 57% of households own their home, below the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 14.6%, above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 5.4%.

With 1,766 residents per square mile across 20.9 square miles of land, 95401 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 718 of 1,558). This is a low-density pattern of large lots, small towns or scattered subdivisions.