ZIP Code 95965 — Oroville, California

The median home in 95965 is valued at $258,500 against a median household income of $45,406, a price-to-income ratio of 5.7. 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, 95965 ranks 12 of 15 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 5.3. Renting takes 28.0% of median household income (median rent $1,059 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

95965 ranks 1,471 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,404 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $63,187 Butte County median. 58% of households own their home, below the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 24.4%, far above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 7.9%.

With 67 residents per square mile across 311.4 square miles of land, 95965 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 1,197 of 1,558). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.