ZIP Code 12451 — Leeds, New York

The median home in 12451 is valued at $253,500 against a median household income of $54,615, a price-to-income ratio of 4.6. 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, 12451 ranks 28 of 31 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 3.2. Renting takes 27.7% of median household income (median rent $1,260 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

12451 ranks 1,408 of 1,572 statewide on median household income and 727 of 1,572 on median home value; its income is below the $83,409 Greene County median. 91% of households own their home, above the 80% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 11% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 10.6%, above the 9.9% statewide ZIP median.

With 76 residents per square mile across 11.1 square miles of land, 12451 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 197 (rank 1,029 of 1,572). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.