ZIP Code 12062 — East Nassau, New York

The median home in 12062 is valued at $234,600 against a median household income of $86,094, a price-to-income ratio of 2.7. That is below 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 Rensselaer County, 12062 ranks 19 of 26 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 2.6. Renting takes 17.0% of median household income (median rent $1,222 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

12062 ranks 659 of 1,572 statewide on median household income and 776 of 1,572 on median home value; its income is in line with the $90,583 Rensselaer County median. 81% of households own their home, in line with the 80% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 9.8%, in line with the 9.9% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 6.1%.

With 52 residents per square mile across 33.3 square miles of land, 12062 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 197 (rank 1,169 of 1,572). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.