ZIP Code 10973 — Slate Hill, New York

The median home in 10973 is valued at $379,400 against a median household income of $133,508, a price-to-income ratio of 2.8. That is in line with the 2.9 median across the 1,572 New York ZIP codes with published housing data, and near the 3.0 ratio that marks an attainable market nationally. Within Orange County, 10973 ranks 8 of 38 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 3.4. Renting takes 16.1% of median household income (median rent $1,788 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

10973 ranks 198 of 1,572 statewide on median household income and 491 of 1,572 on median home value; its income is above the $105,400 Orange County median. 87% of households own their home, above the 80% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 10.6%, above the 9.9% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 9.7%.

With 277 residents per square mile across 8.3 square miles of land, 10973 is denser than the statewide ZIP median of 197 (rank 706 of 1,572). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.