ZIP Code 95585 — Leggett, California

The median home in 95585 is valued at $394,800 against a median household income of $36,806, a price-to-income ratio of 10.7. 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 Mendocino County, 95585 ranks 18 of 21 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 8.7. Renting takes 23.6% of median household income (median rent $725 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

95585 ranks 1,522 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,110 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $61,576 Mendocino County median. 64% of households own their home, in line with 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 23.9%, far above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 4.1%.

With 9 residents per square mile across 58.6 square miles of land, 95585 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 1,434 of 1,558). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.