ZIP Code 96086 — Seiad Valley, California

The median home in 96086 is valued at $234,300 against a median household income of $46,146, a price-to-income ratio of 5.1. 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, though it is among the more attainable ratios in the state. Within Siskiyou County, 96086 ranks 10 of 17 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 4.6. Renting takes 26.3% of median household income (median rent $1,013 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

96086 ranks 1,465 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,447 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $54,250 Siskiyou County median. 74% of households own their home, above the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 25.4%, far above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median and among the highest in the state. Unemployment stands at 26.9%.

With 1 residents per square mile across 203.1 square miles of land, 96086 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 1,546 of 1,558). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.