ZIP Code 96034 — Gazelle, California

The median home in 96034 is valued at $331,300 against a median household income of $54,250, a price-to-income ratio of 6.1. 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, so buying here on a local median income requires substantial savings or a second income. Within Siskiyou County, 96034 ranks 14 of 17 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 4.6. Renting takes 22.5% of median household income (median rent $1,018 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

96034 ranks 1,352 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,259 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is in line with the $54,250 Siskiyou County median. 81% of households own their home, above the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 7.2%, below the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 6.8%.

With 3 residents per square mile across 112 square miles of land, 96034 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 1,508 of 1,558). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.