ZIP Code 96109 — Doyle, California

The median home in 96109 is valued at $205,000 against a median household income of $49,500, a price-to-income ratio of 4.1. 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 Lassen County, 96109 ranks 6 of 10 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 4.1.

96109 ranks 1,421 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,491 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $61,632 Lassen County median. 93% of households own their home, above the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 12% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 28.9%, far above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median and among the highest in the state. Unemployment stands at 14.8%.

With 6 residents per square mile across 214.1 square miles of land, 96109 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 1,463 of 1,558). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.