Elk Creek, CA · standard
ZIP Code 95939
Glenn County, California - Census ACS demographics, housing tenure, and business patterns, benchmarked against every US ZIP.
- 604
- 1/sq mi
- $40,568
- Median income
- $423,500
- Median home value
- 26.1%
- Bachelor's or higher
The verdict
Elk Creek pairs one of the lowest household incomes in the country with upper-quartile home values, in a rural, mixed-tenure area.
- 6th pct
- household income, US ZIPs
- Top 19%
- home value, US ZIPs
- 1
- people per sq mi
- 50%
- owner-occupied homes
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates (2019–2023). Percentiles rank ZIP 95939 against every reporting US ZIP.
ZIP code 95939 is a sparsely populated ZIP (a standard USPS delivery area) in Elk Creek, Glenn County, California, home to just 604 residents across 755.0 square miles, a density of 1 people per square mile, in the Los Angeles time zone.
ZIP 95939 reports a modest median household income of $40,568 (60% below the California average), while per-capita income is $30,999. 10.6% of residents live below the poverty line, and the unemployment rate reads 0.8%. Median home value sits at $423,500 (45% below the state average), median rent at $1,125 a month, and owner-occupancy at 50.3%.
Educational attainment sits below the national norm: 26.1% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, the median age is 56.7, and the average commute is -. California and national benchmarks, shown above, are the best way to contextualize 95939, not the raw numbers alone.
Every figure on this page is sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (including median rent) and the FHFA House Price Index, no estimates, no proprietary scoring. Verify with Census →
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates + ZIP Code Business Patterns + FHFA HPI ACS demographics and median rent, ZBP business establishments, FHFA HPI for ZIP 95939, Elk Creek, CA · 2023 Census ACS 5-Year Estimates use a rolling 60-month sample for stable small-geography estimates; ZBP updated annually; FHFA HPI updated quarterly/annually.
Quick Facts
604
Population
755.0
Area (sq mi)
1
People / sq mi
Los Angeles
Time Zone
standard
ZIP Type
Who lives in ZIP 95939?
56.7
Median Age
57.2%
Male
42.8%
Female
9.5%
Foreign-Born
Hispanic or Latino is an ethnicity category from the Census Bureau and may overlap with other categories above.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
How much do residents earn?
$40,568
Median Household Income
-60% vs state
$30,999
Per Capita Income
10.6%
Poverty Rate
0.8%
Unemployment Rate
How ZIP 95939 ranks nationally
Elk Creek, CA household income vs. every US ZIP code
Median household income, the full national distribution, with this ZIP marked
$40,568 6th percentile higher than 6% of 30,318 US ZIPs
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2019–2023
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
What is the education profile here?
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
What does housing look like?
239
Total Housing Units
167
Occupied Units
72
Vacant Units
1.81
Avg Household Size
Occupancy Type
$423,500
Median Home Value
-45% vs state
$1,125
Median Rent
1948
Median Year Built
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
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