ZIP Code 11724 — Cold Spring Harbor, New York

The median home in 11724 is valued at $1,571,600 against a median household income of more than $250,000 (the Census reporting ceiling), a price-to-income ratio of 6.3. 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 Suffolk County, 11724 ranks 75 of 95 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 4.2. Renting takes 12.9% of median household income (median rent $2,692 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

11724 ranks 1 of 1,572 statewide on median household income and 20 of 1,572 on median home value; its income is far above the $128,844 Suffolk County median. 95% of households own their home, above the 80% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 80% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 2.5%, far below the 9.9% statewide ZIP median and among the lowest in the state. Unemployment stands at 1.6%.

With 758 residents per square mile across 3.9 square miles of land, 11724 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 197 (rank 548 of 1,572). This is a low-density pattern of large lots, small towns or scattered subdivisions.