ZIP Code 96097 — Yreka, California

The median home in 96097 is valued at $219,200 against a median household income of $49,281, 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 Siskiyou County, 96097 ranks 8 of 17 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 4.6. Renting takes 23.2% of median household income (median rent $953 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

96097 ranks 1,425 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,470 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $54,250 Siskiyou County median. 66% of households own their home, in line with 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 19.3%, far above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 4.8%.

With 56 residents per square mile across 181.7 square miles of land, 96097 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 1,220 of 1,558). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.