ZIP Code 96122 — Portola, California

The median home in 96122 is valued at $219,100 against a median household income of $53,764, 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 Plumas County, 96122 ranks 3 of 9 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 4.8. Renting takes 19.3% of median household income (median rent $866 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

96122 ranks 1,362 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,471 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $66,875 Plumas County median. 67% of households own their home, above the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 13% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 13.7%, above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 10.3%.

With 64 residents per square mile across 64 square miles of land, 96122 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 1,202 of 1,558). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.