ZIP Code 95690 — Walnut Grove, California

The median home in 95690 is valued at $688,800 against a median household income of $71,250, a price-to-income ratio of 9.7. 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 Sacramento County, 95690 ranks 50 of 51 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 5.3. Renting takes 19.2% of median household income (median rent $1,141 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

95690 ranks 1,055 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 631 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $83,933 Sacramento County median. 62% of households own their home, in line with the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 48% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 17.6%, far above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 6.4%.

With 31 residents per square mile across 51.6 square miles of land, 95690 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 1,296 of 1,558). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.