ZIP Code 95957 — Meridian, California

The median home in 95957 is valued at $291,900 against a median household income of $77,250, a price-to-income ratio of 3.8. That is below the 6.7 median across the 1,558 California ZIP codes with published housing data, and past the 3.0 ratio that marks an attainable market nationally. Within Sutter County, 95957 ranks 2 of 8 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 5.1. Renting takes 14.6% of median household income (median rent $937 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

95957 ranks 939 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,345 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is in line with the $77,792 Sutter County median. 60% of households own their home, below the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 6.9%, below the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 8.1%.

With 8 residents per square mile across 93 square miles of land, 95957 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 1,444 of 1,558). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.