ZIP Code 12015 — Athens, New York

The median home in 12015 is valued at $268,300 against a median household income of $84,342, a price-to-income ratio of 3.2. That is above the 2.9 median across the 1,572 New York ZIP codes with published housing data, and near the 3.0 ratio that marks an attainable market nationally. Within Greene County, 12015 ranks 15 of 31 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 3.2. Renting takes 17.0% of median household income (median rent $1,192 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

12015 ranks 697 of 1,572 statewide on median household income and 685 of 1,572 on median home value; its income is in line with the $83,409 Greene County median. 85% of households own their home, above the 80% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 13.6%, above the 9.9% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 4.2%.

With 270 residents per square mile across 15.1 square miles of land, 12015 is denser than the statewide ZIP median of 197 (rank 713 of 1,572). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.