ZIP Code 96137 — Westwood, California

The median home in 96137 is valued at $320,700 against a median household income of $59,280, a price-to-income ratio of 5.4. 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, though it is among the more attainable ratios in the state. Within Lassen County, 96137 ranks 9 of 10 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 4.1. Renting takes 15.3% of median household income (median rent $754 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

96137 ranks 1,264 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 1,289 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is in line with the $61,632 Lassen County median. 78% of households own their home, above the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 21.3%, far above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 13.1%.

With 21 residents per square mile across 142.2 square miles of land, 96137 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 1,343 of 1,558). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.