ZIP Code 95942 — Forest Ranch, California

The median home in 95942 is valued at $482,400 against a median household income of $147,009, a price-to-income ratio of 3.3. That is far below the 6.7 median across the 1,558 California ZIP codes with published housing data, and near the 3.0 ratio that marks an attainable market nationally. Within Butte County, 95942 ranks 2 of 15 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 5.3.

95942 ranks 163 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 960 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is far above the $63,187 Butte County median. 92% of households own their home, above the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, in line with the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 6.0%, below the 10.8% statewide ZIP median and among the lowest in the state. Unemployment stands at 4.8%.

With 26 residents per square mile across 69.2 square miles of land, 95942 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 1,323 of 1,558). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.