ZIP Code 10598 — Yorktown Heights, New York

The median home in 10598 is valued at $591,300 against a median household income of $163,040, a price-to-income ratio of 3.6. 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 Westchester County, 10598 ranks 13 of 70 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 4.5. Renting takes 16.8% of median household income (median rent $2,286 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

10598 ranks 86 of 1,572 statewide on median household income and 309 of 1,572 on median home value; its income is above the $148,390 Westchester County median. 89% of households own their home, above the 80% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 58% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 3.4%, far below the 9.9% statewide ZIP median and among the lowest in the state. Unemployment stands at 6.3%.

With 1,142 residents per square mile across 25.3 square miles of land, 10598 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 197 (rank 487 of 1,572). This is a low-density pattern of large lots, small towns or scattered subdivisions.