ZIP Code 12427 — Elka Park, New York

The median home in 12427 is valued at $330,600 against a median household income of $73,917, a price-to-income ratio of 4.5. That is far 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, though it is among the more attainable ratios in the state. Within Greene County, 12427 ranks 26 of 31 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 3.2.

12427 ranks 936 of 1,572 statewide on median household income and 561 of 1,572 on median home value; its income is below the $83,409 Greene County median. 100% of households own their home, above the 80% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 29.7%, far above the 9.9% statewide ZIP median and among the highest in the state.

With 24 residents per square mile across 38.6 square miles of land, 12427 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 197 (rank 1,430 of 1,572). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.