ZIP Code 11777 — Port Jefferson, New York

The median home in 11777 is valued at $655,900 against a median household income of $148,519, a price-to-income ratio of 4.4. That is far 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, though it is among the more attainable ratios in the state. Within Suffolk County, 11777 ranks 54 of 95 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 4.2. Renting takes 18.3% of median household income (median rent $2,261 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

11777 ranks 136 of 1,572 statewide on median household income and 239 of 1,572 on median home value; its income is above the $128,844 Suffolk County median. 74% of households own their home, below the 80% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 69% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 5.0%, below the 9.9% statewide ZIP median and among the lowest in the state. Unemployment stands at 3.5%.

With 2,124 residents per square mile across 4.4 square miles of land, 11777 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 197 (rank 399 of 1,572). This is a low-density pattern of large lots, small towns or scattered subdivisions.