ZIP Code 96023 — Dorris, California

The median home in 96023 is valued at $137,700 against a median household income of $37,438, a price-to-income ratio of 3.7. 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 Siskiyou County, 96023 ranks 3 of 17 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 4.6. Renting takes 24.4% of median household income (median rent $761 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

96023 ranks 1,520 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,539 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $54,250 Siskiyou County median. 76% of households own their home, above the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 10% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 18.9%, far above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 11.0%.

With 6 residents per square mile across 214.6 square miles of land, 96023 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 1,463 of 1,558). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.