ZIP Code 11239 — Brooklyn, New York

The median home in 11239 is valued at $580,400 against a median household income of $35,675, a price-to-income ratio of 16.3. That is far above the 2.9 median across the 1,572 New York ZIP codes with published housing data, and well past the 3.0 ratio that marks an attainable market nationally, which means a household earning the local median income cannot finance the local median home on conventional terms. Within Kings County, 11239 ranks 34 of 38 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 11.8. Renting takes 34.2% of median household income (median rent $1,016 a month), above the 30% cost-burden threshold.

11239 ranks 1,552 of 1,572 statewide on median household income and 320 of 1,572 on median home value; its income is far below the $81,827 Kings County median. 8% of households own their home, far below the 80% statewide ZIP median, so most residents rent. 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 24.8%, far above the 9.9% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 8.9%.

With 9,439 residents per square mile across 1.7 square miles of land, 11239 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 197 (rank 190 of 1,572). This is a mixed urban fabric of apartments, small-lot houses and commercial corridors.