ZIP Code 96028 — Fall River Mills, California

The median home in 96028 is valued at $340,700 against a median household income of $59,722, a price-to-income ratio of 5.7. 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 Shasta County, 96028 ranks 19 of 22 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 4.6. Renting takes 17.8% of median household income (median rent $888 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

96028 ranks 1,254 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,244 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $64,068 Shasta County median. 71% 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 7.9%, below the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 12.9%.

With 11 residents per square mile across 168.2 square miles of land, 96028 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.