ZIP Code 95526 — Bridgeville, California

The median home in 95526 is valued at $322,400 against a median household income of $45,833, a price-to-income ratio of 7.0. 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 Humboldt County, 95526 ranks 12 of 26 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 7.2. Renting takes 21.2% of median household income (median rent $810 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

95526 ranks 1,467 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,281 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $60,178 Humboldt County median. 68% of households own their home, above the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 11% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 36.0%, far above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median and among the highest in the state. Unemployment stands at 13.2%.

With 5 residents per square mile across 126.2 square miles of land, 95526 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 1,479 of 1,558). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.