ZIP Code 96019 — Shasta Lake, California

The median home in 96019 is valued at $244,200 against a median household income of $53,776, a price-to-income ratio of 4.5. 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 Shasta County, 96019 ranks 10 of 22 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 4.6. Renting takes 27.8% of median household income (median rent $1,247 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

96019 ranks 1,361 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,431 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $64,068 Shasta County median. 62% of households own their home, in line with the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 18.5%, far above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 8.1%.

With 542 residents per square mile across 19.3 square miles of land, 96019 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 892 of 1,558). This is a low-density pattern of large lots, small towns or scattered subdivisions.