ZIP Code 95558 — Petrolia, California

The median home in 95558 is valued at $1,041,700 against a median household income of $42,917, a price-to-income ratio of 24.3. 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 Humboldt County, 95558 ranks 25 of 26 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 7.2.

95558 ranks 1,484 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 294 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $60,178 Humboldt County median. 69% of households own their home, above the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 27.6%, far above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median and among the highest in the state. Unemployment stands at 1.8%.

With 1 residents per square mile across 168.4 square miles of land, 95558 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 1,546 of 1,558). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.