ZIP code profile · 2024 county data

ZIP Code 96024

Trinity County, California: Census demographics for this ZIP plus the containing county's FBI UCR crime rate.

Data updated 2026-08-24

869
Property rate /100K (county)
1,105
Population (ZIP)
509
Violent rate /100K (county)

Is ZIP code 96024 safe? Honest data snapshot

ZIP code 96024 sits within Trinity County, CA, a county whose reported crime runs above the national average (see the county-level FBI figures below, not a ZIP-specific calculation).

Trinity County's reported crime sits somewhat above the national average: 509 violent and 869 property incidents per 100,000 residents in 2024.

ZIP 96024 carries a Census-reported population of 1,105, ranking #5 of 13 ZIPs in Trinity County, spread across 104.64 square miles (about 11 people per square mile). For a full breakdown of Trinity County's crime categories and year-over-year trend, see the Trinity County crime page linked below.

ZIP 96024 has no FBI-native crime rate (postal codes are not police jurisdictions). The property-led county proxy above is from Trinity County agency submissions; see methodology for the ZCTA plurality map. Methodology.

ZIP 96024 Census context

These are ZIP/ZCTA demographic estimates, separate from the county-level FBI proxy above. They describe the local settlement, not a crime rate.

Median household income
$51,971
Median age
54.5 years
Owner-occupied homes
76%
Occupied homes
369

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 5-year ZCTA estimates (income, age, and occupied housing tenure).

How useful is the county proxy for ZIP 96024?

Participating agencies give Trinity County a split reported profile: violent crime is 45% above the U.S. benchmark while property crime is 49% below it. A single "high" or "low" label would hide that difference; the submissions neither establish complete county coverage nor identify conditions within ZIP 96024. Both comparisons use the same 2024 county reporting population and FBI-submitted counts, so the two directions are internally comparable for this release, not evidence about a different year.

96024 is comparatively spread out at about 11 people per square mile. That settlement pattern may differ sharply from the county's population centers, another reason to use the county rates as regional context rather than a local estimate.

Trinity County UCR book ZIP 96024 inherits

ZIP 96024 itself is about 11 people per Census sq mi across 104.6 sq mi (1,105 residents), a postal settlement fact independent of the county UCR proxy.

ZIP 96024 accounts for roughly 6.9% of the county reporting population (1,105 of 16,112).

Trinity County leans on aggravated assault at 34% of reported offenses (mix index 3,107). ZIP 96024 has no separate FBI offense book.

Trinity County 2024 vs 2023: violent counts -15% vs 2023; property counts +1% vs 2023. Year-over-year moves are county agency submissions, still not ZIP-native.

Trinity County offense mix (2024)

Mix index is HHI × 10,000 on county offense-type shares. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero; still county-agency data, not a ZIP-native FBI table.

Nationwide peers for ZIP 96024

Similar county violent rate (~509/100K)

Similar Census population (~1,105)

County detail: Trinity County · State atlas: California

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ZIP population, land area, 2020 ZCTA-to-county relationship file, ACS 5-year estimates) and FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States (CIUS) Table 10 (county-level crime, attributed via ZIP-to-county crosswalk).

Verify with Census.gov Geography and FBI.gov UCR.

Read our methodology , how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Every figure on PlainCrime is rendered directly from FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page combines Census ZIP-level figures with a ZIP-to-county crosswalk to attribute FBI UCR crime data honestly, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.