ZIP Code 96103 — Blairsden Graeagle, California

The median home in 96103 is valued at $403,100 against a median household income of $66,875, a price-to-income ratio of 6.0. 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, so buying here on a local median income requires substantial savings or a second income. Within Plumas County, 96103 ranks 6 of 9 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 4.8. Renting takes 26.3% of median household income (median rent $1,466 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

96103 ranks 1,135 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,100 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is in line with the $66,875 Plumas County median. 90% of households own their home, above the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, in line with the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 8.8%, below the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 6.4%.

With 14 residents per square mile across 97.3 square miles of land, 96103 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 1,397 of 1,558). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.