ZIP Code 11944 — Greenport, New York

The median home in 11944 is valued at $822,200 against a median household income of $79,917, a price-to-income ratio of 10.3. 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, which means a household earning the local median income cannot finance the local median home on conventional terms. Within Suffolk County, 11944 ranks 90 of 95 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 4.2. Renting takes 30.8% of median household income (median rent $2,048 a month), above the 30% cost-burden threshold.

11944 ranks 781 of 1,572 statewide on median household income and 135 of 1,572 on median home value; its income is below the $128,844 Suffolk County median. 64% of households own their home, below the 80% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 9.4%, below the 9.9% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 5.5%.

With 1,157 residents per square mile across 4.1 square miles of land, 11944 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 197 (rank 486 of 1,572). This is a low-density pattern of large lots, small towns or scattered subdivisions.