ZIP Code 11763 — Medford, New York

The median home in 11763 is valued at $435,200 against a median household income of $119,286, a price-to-income ratio of 3.6. That is above the 2.9 median across the 1,572 New York ZIP codes with published housing data, and past the 3.0 ratio that marks an attainable market nationally. Within Suffolk County, 11763 ranks 18 of 95 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 4.2. Renting takes 23.4% of median household income (median rent $2,327 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

11763 ranks 291 of 1,572 statewide on median household income and 431 of 1,572 on median home value; its income is below the $128,844 Suffolk County median. 90% of households own their home, above the 80% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 6.8%, below the 9.9% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 3.5%.

With 2,191 residents per square mile across 13.8 square miles of land, 11763 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 197 (rank 392 of 1,572). This is a low-density pattern of large lots, small towns or scattered subdivisions.