ZIP Code 96141 — Homewood, California

The median home in 96141 is valued at $973,400 against a median household income of $127,045, a price-to-income ratio of 7.7. That is above 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, so buying here on a local median income requires substantial savings or a second income. Within Placer County, 96141 ranks 24 of 27 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 5.9.

96141 ranks 286 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 332 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is above the $105,789 Placer County median. 88% of households own their home, above the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 72% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 7.3%, below the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 4.8%.

With 20 residents per square mile across 28.9 square miles of land, 96141 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 1,352 of 1,558). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.