ZIP Code 95602 — Auburn, California

The median home in 95602 is valued at $609,700 against a median household income of $96,578, a price-to-income ratio of 6.3. 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, so buying here on a local median income requires substantial savings or a second income. Within Placer County, 95602 ranks 17 of 27 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 5.9. Renting takes 20.5% of median household income (median rent $1,649 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

95602 ranks 620 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 765 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $105,789 Placer County median. 82% of households own their home, above the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, in line with the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 8.7%, below the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 2.2%.

With 374 residents per square mile across 49.7 square miles of land, 95602 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 949 of 1,558). This is a low-density pattern of large lots, small towns or scattered subdivisions.