ZIP Code 95490 — Willits, California

The median home in 95490 is valued at $360,800 against a median household income of $63,418, a price-to-income ratio of 5.7. That is below 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, though it is among the more attainable ratios in the state. Within Mendocino County, 95490 ranks 5 of 21 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 8.7. Renting takes 22.5% of median household income (median rent $1,191 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

95490 ranks 1,197 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,189 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is in line with the $61,576 Mendocino County median. 58% of households own their home, below the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 11.2%, in line with the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 10.2%.

With 33 residents per square mile across 430.1 square miles of land, 95490 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 1,284 of 1,558). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.