ZIP Code 96124 — Calpine, California

The median home in 96124 is valued at $359,500 against a median household income of $92,738, a price-to-income ratio of 3.9. 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. Within Sierra County, 96124 ranks 1 of 5 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 5.1.

96124 ranks 686 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,191 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is above the $74,917 Sierra County median. 65% of households own their home, in line with the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 69% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 8.4%, below the 10.8% statewide ZIP median.

With 6 residents per square mile across 53.1 square miles of land, 96124 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.