ZIP Code 95936 — Downieville, California

The median home in 95936 is valued at $1,048,100 against a median household income of $106,058, a price-to-income ratio of 9.9. 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 Sierra County, 95936 ranks 5 of 5 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 5.1.

95936 ranks 499 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 286 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is above the $74,917 Sierra County median. 100% of households own their home, far above the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the 31% median,

With 3 residents per square mile across 43.9 square miles of land, 95936 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 1,508 of 1,558). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.