ZIP Code 96033 — French Gulch, California

The median home in 96033 is valued at $125,000 against a median household income of $47,083, a price-to-income ratio of 2.7. That is far below the 6.7 median across the 1,558 California ZIP codes with published housing data, and near the 3.0 ratio that marks an attainable market nationally. Within Shasta County, 96033 ranks 1 of 22 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 4.6. Renting takes 35.7% of median household income (median rent $1,400 a month), above the 30% cost-burden threshold.

96033 ranks 1,449 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,545 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $64,068 Shasta County median. 80% of households own their home, above the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 7.8%, below the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 1.6%.

With 2 residents per square mile across 144.7 square miles of land, 96033 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 1,527 of 1,558). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.