ZIP Code 96039 — Happy Camp, California

The median home in 96039 is valued at $177,700 against a median household income of $38,295, a price-to-income ratio of 4.6. 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 Siskiyou County, 96039 ranks 9 of 17 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 4.6. Renting takes 23.4% of median household income (median rent $746 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

96039 ranks 1,516 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,514 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $54,250 Siskiyou County median. 54% of households own their home, below the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 22.1%, far above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 25.2%.

With 3 residents per square mile across 264.2 square miles of land, 96039 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.