ZIP Code 95918 — Browns Valley, California

The median home in 95918 is valued at $572,500 against a median household income of $77,535, a price-to-income ratio of 7.4. 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 Yuba County, 95918 ranks 8 of 9 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 5.0.

95918 ranks 935 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 832 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is above the $73,090 Yuba County median. 87% of households own their home, above the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 7.9%, below the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 3.5%.

With 32 residents per square mile across 55.7 square miles of land, 95918 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 1,291 of 1,558). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.