ZIP Code 11957 — Orient, New York

The median home in 11957 is valued at $923,500 against a median household income of $88,293, a price-to-income ratio of 10.5. 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, 11957 ranks 91 of 95 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 4.2.

11957 ranks 625 of 1,572 statewide on median household income and 99 of 1,572 on median home value; its income is below the $128,844 Suffolk County median. 97% of households own their home, above the 80% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 59% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 4.2%, far below the 9.9% statewide ZIP median and among the lowest in the state. Unemployment stands at 9.1%.

With 177 residents per square mile across 6.5 square miles of land, 11957 is less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 197 (rank 800 of 1,572). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.