ZIP Code 96035 — Gerber, California

The median home in 96035 is valued at $233,100 against a median household income of $49,527, a price-to-income ratio of 4.7. 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, though it is among the more attainable ratios in the state. Within Tehama County, 96035 ranks 6 of 10 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 4.7. Renting takes 26.8% of median household income (median rent $1,106 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

96035 ranks 1,420 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,450 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $63,265 Tehama County median. 68% of households own their home, above the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 26.8%, far above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median and among the highest in the state. Unemployment stands at 5.3%.

With 96 residents per square mile across 42.5 square miles of land, 96035 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 1,143 of 1,558). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.