ZIP Code 95701 — Alta, California

The median home in 95701 is valued at $506,900 against a median household income of $91,875, a price-to-income ratio of 5.5. 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, though it is among the more attainable ratios in the state. Within Placer County, 95701 ranks 9 of 27 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 5.9.

95701 ranks 700 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 924 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $105,789 Placer County median. 94% of households own their home, above the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 7.4%, below the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 5.4%.

With 33 residents per square mile across 31.8 square miles of land, 95701 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 1,284 of 1,558). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.