ZIP Code 95742 — Rancho Cordova, California

The median home in 95742 is valued at $589,400 against a median household income of $149,613, a price-to-income ratio of 3.9. That is below the 6.7 median across the 1,558 California ZIP codes with published housing data, and past the 3.0 ratio that marks an attainable market nationally. Within Sacramento County, 95742 ranks 1 of 51 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 5.3. Renting takes 19.5% of median household income (median rent $2,429 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

95742 ranks 154 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 798 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is far above the $83,933 Sacramento County median. 87% of households own their home, above the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 3.6%, far below the 10.8% statewide ZIP median and among the lowest in the state. Unemployment stands at 5.0%.

With 295 residents per square mile across 50.4 square miles of land, 95742 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 988 of 1,558). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.