ZIP Code 11771 — Oyster Bay, New York

The median home in 11771 is valued at $921,300 against a median household income of $163,134, a price-to-income ratio of 5.6. 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 Nassau County, 11771 ranks 48 of 67 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 4.9. Renting takes 14.4% of median household income (median rent $1,961 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

11771 ranks 85 of 1,572 statewide on median household income and 100 of 1,572 on median home value; its income is above the $149,250 Nassau County median. 72% of households own their home, below the 80% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 58% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 8.0%, below the 9.9% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 5.0%.

With 942 residents per square mile across 10.8 square miles of land, 11771 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 197 (rank 516 of 1,572). This is a low-density pattern of large lots, small towns or scattered subdivisions.