ZIP Code 95552 — Mad River, California

The median home in 95552 is valued at $240,300 against a median household income of $21,550, a price-to-income ratio of 11.2. That is far 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, which means a household earning the local median income cannot finance the local median home on conventional terms. Within Trinity County, 95552 ranks 8 of 9 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 6.4. Renting takes 23.2% of median household income (median rent $416 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

95552 ranks 1,554 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,438 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is far below the $49,842 Trinity County median. 69% of households own their home, above the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 41.6%, far above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median and among the highest in the state. Unemployment stands at 25.9%.

With 3 residents per square mile across 136.9 square miles of land, 95552 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 1,508 of 1,558). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.