ZIP Code 95459 — Manchester, California

The median home in 95459 is valued at $558,500 against a median household income of $59,653, a price-to-income ratio of 9.4. 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 Mendocino County, 95459 ranks 15 of 21 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 8.7. Renting takes 20.7% of median household income (median rent $1,027 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

95459 ranks 1,257 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 859 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is in line with the $61,576 Mendocino County median. 62% of households own their home, in line with the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 4.7%, far below the 10.8% statewide ZIP median and among the lowest in the state. Unemployment stands at 9.5%.

With 14 residents per square mile across 59.3 square miles of land, 95459 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 1,397 of 1,558). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.