ZIP Code 95842 — Sacramento, California

The median home in 95842 is valued at $343,400 against a median household income of $64,269, a price-to-income ratio of 5.3. 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, though it is among the more attainable ratios in the state. Within Sacramento County, 95842 ranks 28 of 51 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 5.3. Renting takes 27.9% of median household income (median rent $1,496 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

95842 ranks 1,176 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,233 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $83,933 Sacramento County median. 48% of households own their home, below the 64% statewide ZIP median, so most residents rent. 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 19.1%, far above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 8.0%.

With 8,694 residents per square mile across 4 square miles of land, 95842 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 211 of 1,558). This is a mixed urban fabric of apartments, small-lot houses and commercial corridors.