ZIP Code 95469 — Potter Valley, California

The median home in 95469 is valued at $573,200 against a median household income of $61,500, a price-to-income ratio of 9.3. 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, 95469 ranks 14 of 21 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 8.7. Renting takes 31.4% of median household income (median rent $1,611 a month), above the 30% cost-burden threshold.

95469 ranks 1,229 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 830 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is in line with the $61,576 Mendocino County median. 68% of households own their home, above the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 34% 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 3.9%.

With 7 residents per square mile across 184.6 square miles of land, 95469 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 1,456 of 1,558). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.