ZIP Code 12160 — Sloansville, New York

The median home in 12160 is valued at $159,800 against a median household income of $70,833, a price-to-income ratio of 2.3. 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 Schoharie County, 12160 ranks 2 of 17 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 2.7. Renting takes 18.1% of median household income (median rent $1,069 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

12160 ranks 1,020 of 1,572 statewide on median household income and 1,156 of 1,572 on median home value; its income is in line with the $70,938 Schoharie County median. 79% of households own their home, in line with the 80% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 13% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 8.4%, below the 9.9% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 9.4%.

With 47 residents per square mile across 15.5 square miles of land, 12160 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 197 (rank 1,210 of 1,572). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.