ZIP Code 11788 — Hauppauge, New York

The median home in 11788 is valued at $635,700 against a median household income of $148,946, a price-to-income ratio of 4.3. 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, though it is among the more attainable ratios in the state. Within Suffolk County, 11788 ranks 49 of 95 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 4.2. Renting takes 21.7% of median household income (median rent $2,689 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

11788 ranks 132 of 1,572 statewide on median household income and 258 of 1,572 on median home value; its income is above the $128,844 Suffolk County median. 84% of households own their home, in line with the 80% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 4.5%, far below the 9.9% statewide ZIP median and among the lowest in the state. Unemployment stands at 5.3%.

With 1,987 residents per square mile across 8.6 square miles of land, 11788 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 197 (rank 417 of 1,572). This is a low-density pattern of large lots, small towns or scattered subdivisions.