ZIP Code 96017 — Castella, California

The median home in 96017 is valued at $315,400 against a median household income of $42,500, a price-to-income ratio of 7.4. That is above 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, so buying here on a local median income requires substantial savings or a second income. Within Shasta County, 96017 ranks 22 of 22 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 4.6. Renting takes 16.7% of median household income (median rent $591 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

96017 ranks 1,490 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,299 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $64,068 Shasta County median. 72% of households own their home, above the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, in line with the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 30.1%, far above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median and among the highest in the state.

With 2 residents per square mile across 93.4 square miles of land, 96017 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 1,527 of 1,558). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.