Tehama, CA · standard
ZIP Code 96090
Tehama County, California - Census ACS demographics, housing tenure, and business patterns, benchmarked against every US ZIP.
- 421
- 158/sq mi
- $70,893
- Median income
- $318,900
- Median home value
- 13.9%
- Bachelor's or higher
National ZIP placement
Tehama pairs a below-median household income with above-median home values, in a rural, homeowner-dominated area.
- 48th pct
- household income, US ZIPs
- Top 31%
- home value, US ZIPs
- 158
- people per sq mi
- 75%
- owner-occupied homes
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates (2019–2023). Percentiles rank ZIP 96090 against every reporting US ZIP.
ZIP code 96090 is a sparsely populated ZIP (a standard USPS delivery area) in Tehama, Tehama County, California, home to just 421 residents across 2.7 square miles, a density of 158 people per square mile, in the Los Angeles time zone.
ZIP 96090 lands in the middle-income range, with a median household income of $70,893 (30% below the average California ZIP), while per-capita income is $35,297. Both reported hardship measures are comparatively low in absolute terms: poverty is 2.7% and unemployment is 0.0%. Home values sit below the statewide ZIP benchmark: the median is $318,900 (59% below the average California ZIP), and median rent is $988; owner occupancy is 74.5%.
Formal educational attainment runs low here: just 13.9% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, the median age is 52.1, and the average commute is -. The page also surfaces 4 ZIP codes within roughly 10 miles and 6 more in Tehama County, so 96090 can be compared with both its immediate and county-level context.
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 96090, Tehama, 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
421
Population
2.7
Area (sq mi)
158
People / sq mi
Los Angeles
Time Zone
standard
ZIP Type
Who lives in ZIP 96090?
52.1
Median Age
53.0%
Male
47.0%
Female
12.3%
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?
$70,893
Median Household Income
-30% vs state ZIP avg
$35,297
Per Capita Income
2.7%
Poverty Rate
0.0%
Unemployment Rate
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?
Housing stock: occupied vs vacant
188housing units
188
Total Housing Units
161
Occupied Units
27
Vacant Units
2.27
Avg Household Size
Occupancy Type
$318,900
Median Home Value
-59% vs state ZIP avg
$988
Median Rent
1962
Median Year Built
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
Nearby ZIP Codes
Want a side-by-side? Compare 96090 vs 96035 →
ZIP 96090 vs its nearest neighbors, by population
Resident population of this ZIP and the closest reporting ZIP codes within ~10 miles.
- 96021
Corning (96021)
16,097 residents
- 96055 3,935
Los Molinos (96055)
3,935 residents
- 96035 3,324
Gerber (96035)
3,324 residents
- 96092 496
Vina (96092)
496 residents
- 96090 421
Tehama (96090)
421 residents
What this shows Among its immediate neighbors, ZIP 96090 ranks #5 by population - useful context the national average alone can't give.
ZIP 96090 vs its nearest neighbors, by median income
Median household income of this ZIP and the closest reporting ZIP codes within ~10 miles.
- 96090
Tehama (96090)
$70,893 median income
- 96055
Los Molinos (96055)
$59,798 median income
- 96021
Corning (96021)
$59,592 median income
- 96035
Gerber (96035)
$49,760 median income
- 96092
Vina (96092)
$40,855 median income
What this shows By household income, ZIP 96090 ranks the highest of 5 neighboring ZIPs, local affluence varies block to block, not just metro to metro.
Nationwide ZIPs with similar ACS profiles
Two Census-derived peer sets for ZIP 96090, both outside CA so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment (Nearby and same-county blocks stay local).
Similar median household income
Nearest cross-state ZIPs by ACS median household income.