ZIP Code 96024 — Douglas City, California

The median home in 96024 is valued at $302,700 against a median household income of $51,971, a price-to-income ratio of 5.8. That is below 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, though it is among the more attainable ratios in the state. Within Trinity County, 96024 ranks 1 of 9 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 6.4. Renting takes 24.7% of median household income (median rent $1,069 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

96024 ranks 1,385 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,321 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is in line with the $49,842 Trinity County median. 76% of households own their home, above 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 29.0%, far above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median and among the highest in the state. Unemployment stands at 3.8%.

With 11 residents per square mile across 104.6 square miles of land, 96024 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 1,414 of 1,558). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.