ZIP Code 96009 — Bieber, California

The median home in 96009 is valued at $188,900 against a median household income of $47,054, 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 Lassen County, 96009 ranks 5 of 10 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 4.1. Renting takes 25.7% of median household income (median rent $1,009 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

96009 ranks 1,450 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,506 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $61,632 Lassen County median. 69% of households own their home, above the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 12% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 7.7%, below the 10.8% statewide ZIP median.

With 1 residents per square mile across 202.9 square miles of land, 96009 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 1,546 of 1,558). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.