ZIP Code 95462 — Monte Rio, California

The median home in 95462 is valued at $708,300 against a median household income of $87,188, a price-to-income ratio of 8.1. 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, 95462 ranks 17 of 30 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 7.9. Renting takes 24.7% of median household income (median rent $1,795 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

95462 ranks 777 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 596 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $100,331 Sonoma County median. 77% of households own their home, above the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 7.3%, below the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 5.3%.

With 303 residents per square mile across 3.6 square miles of land, 95462 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 981 of 1,558). This is a low-density pattern of large lots, small towns or scattered subdivisions.