ZIP Code 95442 — Glen Ellen, California

The median home in 95442 is valued at $1,437,500 against a median household income of $168,512, a price-to-income ratio of 8.5. 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 Sonoma County, 95442 ranks 19 of 30 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 7.9. Renting takes 13.1% of median household income (median rent $1,839 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

95442 ranks 107 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 137 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is far above the $100,331 Sonoma County median. 73% of households own their home, above the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 63% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 19.1%, far above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 8.9%.

With 104 residents per square mile across 25 square miles of land, 95442 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 1,133 of 1,558). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.