ZIP Code 96090 — Tehama, California

The median home in 96090 is valued at $242,600 against a median household income of $53,750, a price-to-income ratio of 4.5. 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, 96090 ranks 4 of 10 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 4.7. Renting takes 26.5% of median household income (median rent $1,188 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

96090 ranks 1,363 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,434 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. 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 6.9%, below the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 1.1%.

With 136 residents per square mile across 3.1 square miles of land, 96090 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 1,100 of 1,558). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.