ZIP Code 95971 — Quincy, California

The median home in 95971 is valued at $287,800 against a median household income of $71,516, a price-to-income ratio of 4.0. 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, though it is among the more attainable ratios in the state. Within Plumas County, 95971 ranks 2 of 9 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 4.8. Renting takes 22.0% of median household income (median rent $1,309 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

95971 ranks 1,044 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,356 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is above the $66,875 Plumas County median. 60% of households own their home, below the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 12.5%, above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 7.7%.

With 39 residents per square mile across 150.8 square miles of land, 95971 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 1,269 of 1,558). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.