ZIP Code 11719 — Brookhaven, New York

The median home in 11719 is valued at $564,600 against a median household income of $96,638, a price-to-income ratio of 5.8. 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, though it is among the more attainable ratios in the state. Within Suffolk County, 11719 ranks 70 of 95 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 4.2. Renting takes 24.7% of median household income (median rent $1,987 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

11719 ranks 494 of 1,572 statewide on median household income and 328 of 1,572 on median home value; its income is below the $128,844 Suffolk County median. 72% of households own their home, below the 80% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 17.3%, far above the 9.9% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 11.9%.

With 623 residents per square mile across 5.3 square miles of land, 11719 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 197 (rank 569 of 1,572). This is a low-density pattern of large lots, small towns or scattered subdivisions.