ZIP Code 96041 — Hayfork, California

The median home in 96041 is valued at $256,700 against a median household income of $40,354, a price-to-income ratio of 6.4. That is in line with 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 Trinity County, 96041 ranks 4 of 9 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 6.4. Renting takes 19.8% of median household income (median rent $667 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

96041 ranks 1,509 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,407 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $49,842 Trinity County median. 59% of households own their home, below the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 28.3%, far above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median and among the highest in the state.

With 10 residents per square mile across 335.5 square miles of land, 96041 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 1,425 of 1,558). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.