ZIP Code 10579 — Putnam Valley, New York

The median home in 10579 is valued at $515,000 against a median household income of $135,893, a price-to-income ratio of 3.8. That is above the 2.9 median across the 1,572 New York ZIP codes with published housing data, and past the 3.0 ratio that marks an attainable market nationally. Within Putnam County, 10579 ranks 6 of 8 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 3.5. Renting takes 24.0% of median household income (median rent $2,723 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

10579 ranks 188 of 1,572 statewide on median household income and 356 of 1,572 on median home value; its income is above the $125,961 Putnam County median. 90% of households own their home, above the 80% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 1.8%, far below the 9.9% statewide ZIP median and among the lowest in the state. Unemployment stands at 1.3%.

With 254 residents per square mile across 34.7 square miles of land, 10579 is denser than the statewide ZIP median of 197 (rank 728 of 1,572). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.