ZIP Code 96008 — Bella Vista, California

The median home in 96008 is valued at $348,900 against a median household income of $89,706, a price-to-income ratio of 3.9. 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 Shasta County, 96008 ranks 6 of 22 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 4.6.

96008 ranks 738 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,222 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is above the $64,068 Shasta County median. 86% of households own their home, above the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 8.3%, below the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 4.6%.

With 18 residents per square mile across 61.8 square miles of land, 96008 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 1,364 of 1,558). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.