ZIP Code 96150 — South Lake Tahoe, California

The median home in 96150 is valued at $595,300 against a median household income of $76,980, 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 El Dorado County, 96150 ranks 17 of 18 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 5.0. Renting takes 20.9% of median household income (median rent $1,340 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

96150 ranks 942 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 793 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $84,588 El Dorado County median. 56% of households own their home, below the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 11.2%, in line with the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 4.2%.

With 180 residents per square mile across 163.2 square miles of land, 96150 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 1,059 of 1,558). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.