ZIP Code 95838 — Sacramento, California

The median home in 95838 is valued at $322,500 against a median household income of $58,253, 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 Sacramento County, 95838 ranks 30 of 51 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 5.3. Renting takes 30.1% of median household income (median rent $1,462 a month), above the 30% cost-burden threshold.

95838 ranks 1,283 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,280 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $83,933 Sacramento County median. 54% of households own their home, below the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 20.0%, far above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 8.6%.

With 4,490 residents per square mile across 9.2 square miles of land, 95838 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 480 of 1,558). This is predominantly single-family residential with suburban street patterns.