ZIP Code 95503 — Eureka, California

The median home in 95503 is valued at $378,600 against a median household income of $68,307, a price-to-income ratio of 5.5. 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 Humboldt County, 95503 ranks 4 of 26 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 7.2. Renting takes 23.0% of median household income (median rent $1,312 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

95503 ranks 1,108 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,150 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is above the $60,178 Humboldt County median. 72% of households own their home, above the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, in line with the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 17.0%, far above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 5.6%.

With 288 residents per square mile across 83.7 square miles of land, 95503 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 994 of 1,558). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.