ZIP Code 95948 — Gridley, California

The median home in 95948 is valued at $321,900 against a median household income of $63,187, a price-to-income ratio of 5.1. 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 Butte County, 95948 ranks 7 of 15 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 5.3. Renting takes 21.6% of median household income (median rent $1,137 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

95948 ranks 1,199 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,283 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is in line with the $63,187 Butte County median. 56% of households own their home, below the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 9.2%, below the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 9.7%.

With 152 residents per square mile across 75.6 square miles of land, 95948 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 1,087 of 1,558). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.