ZIP Code 12153 — Sand Lake, New York

The median home in 12153 is valued at $304,200 against a median household income of $85,347, a price-to-income ratio of 3.6. 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. Within Rensselaer County, 12153 ranks 23 of 26 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 2.6.

12153 ranks 673 of 1,572 statewide on median household income and 613 of 1,572 on median home value; its income is below the $90,583 Rensselaer County median. 99% of households own their home, above the 80% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 21.2%, far above the 9.9% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 5.2%.

With 44 residents per square mile across 17 square miles of land, 12153 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 197 (rank 1,232 of 1,572). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.