ZIP Code 96113 — Herlong, California

The median home in 96113 is valued at $66,600 against a median household income of $46,825, a price-to-income ratio of 1.4. That is far below the 6.7 median across the 1,558 California ZIP codes with published housing data, and near the 3.0 ratio that marks an attainable market nationally. Within Lassen County, 96113 ranks 1 of 10 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 4.1. Renting takes 27.7% of median household income (median rent $1,080 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

96113 ranks 1,454 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,557 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $61,632 Lassen County median. 51% of households own their home, below the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 11% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 40.0%, far above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median and among the highest in the state. Unemployment stands at 19.0%.

With 99 residents per square mile across 21.9 square miles of land, 96113 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 1,138 of 1,558). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.