Zip lookup · CA

96122
Portola, California.

Portola, Plumas County, CA · population 4,447

What it costs per month · 96122 $1,366/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$658 (+93%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $2,284 +1%
$258,017$260,300 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $20,468 +9%
$239,833$260,300 since Sep 2021

Monthly payment to buy the typical home

Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.

$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 96122 $1,366 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 96122$1,366
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 42 years.

Typical home values in zip 96122 rose 0.9% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.

Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Portola, CA — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.

Typical home value $260,300 as of Sep 2026
+0.9%year on year

Typical home value — 96122

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 96122 $260,300 United States $366,157
$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 96122$260,300
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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6.5 96129 Beckwourth 306 — $371,788
6.9 96106 Clio 300 — $616,539
10.6 96103 Blairsden Graeagle 1,112 — $400,884
12.6 96124 Calpine 387 — $372,507
15.6 96105 Chilcoot 799 — $337,192
15.8 96125 Sierra City 263 — $331,086
16.8 96118 Loyalton 1,328 — $296,439
19.4 96126 Sierraville 351 — $489,157

Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.