ZIP Code 12159 — Slingerlands, New York

The median home in 12159 is valued at $430,800 against a median household income of $109,073, a price-to-income ratio of 3.9. 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 Albany County, 12159 ranks 30 of 32 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 3.0. Renting takes 18.0% of median household income (median rent $1,632 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

12159 ranks 371 of 1,572 statewide on median household income and 434 of 1,572 on median home value; its income is above the $89,360 Albany County median. 72% of households own their home, below the 80% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 65% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 4.8%, far below the 9.9% statewide ZIP median and among the lowest in the state. Unemployment stands at 2.4%.

With 582 residents per square mile across 15.1 square miles of land, 12159 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 197 (rank 579 of 1,572). This is a low-density pattern of large lots, small towns or scattered subdivisions.