ZIP Code 96021 — Corning, California

The median home in 96021 is valued at $270,800 against a median household income of $56,724, a price-to-income ratio of 4.8. 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 Tehama County, 96021 ranks 7 of 10 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 4.7. Renting takes 23.3% of median household income (median rent $1,103 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

96021 ranks 1,308 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,381 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $63,265 Tehama County median. 62% of households own their home, in line with the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 11% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 15.4%, above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 7.2%.

With 63 residents per square mile across 249.6 square miles of land, 96021 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 1,204 of 1,558). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.