ZIP Code 96001 — Redding, California

The median home in 96001 is valued at $369,800 against a median household income of $70,701, a price-to-income ratio of 5.2. 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 Shasta County, 96001 ranks 17 of 22 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 4.6. Renting takes 20.4% of median household income (median rent $1,199 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

96001 ranks 1,064 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,173 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is above the $64,068 Shasta County median. 59% of households own their home, below the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 12.9%, above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 8.0%.

With 480 residents per square mile across 72.4 square miles of land, 96001 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 912 of 1,558). This is a low-density pattern of large lots, small towns or scattered subdivisions.