ZIP Code 96073 — Palo Cedro, California

The median home in 96073 is valued at $506,500 against a median household income of $114,301, a price-to-income ratio of 4.4. 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 Shasta County, 96073 ranks 9 of 22 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 4.6. Renting takes 18.9% of median household income (median rent $1,804 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

96073 ranks 399 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 925 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is far above the $64,068 Shasta County median. 92% of households own their home, above the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 1.7%, far below the 10.8% statewide ZIP median and among the lowest in the state. Unemployment stands at 4.4%.

With 125 residents per square mile across 45.2 square miles of land, 96073 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 1,110 of 1,558). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.