ZIP Code 11354 — Flushing, New York

The median home in 11354 is valued at $521,000 against a median household income of $62,833, a price-to-income ratio of 8.3. 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, so buying here on a local median income requires substantial savings or a second income. Within Queens County, 11354 ranks 34 of 60 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 7.8. Renting takes 33.7% of median household income (median rent $1,766 a month), above the 30% cost-burden threshold.

11354 ranks 1,225 of 1,572 statewide on median household income and 352 of 1,572 on median home value; its income is below the $89,084 Queens County median. 41% of households own their home, below the 80% statewide ZIP median, so most residents rent. 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 18.1%, far above the 9.9% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 5.0%.

With 23,784 residents per square mile across 2.2 square miles of land, 11354 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 197 (rank 120 of 1,572). This is apartment-district density: expect multi-family housing, transit access and little single-family stock.