ZIP Code 12470 — Purling, New York

The median home in 12470 is valued at $220,100 against a median household income of $84,155, a price-to-income ratio of 2.6. 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 Greene County, 12470 ranks 5 of 31 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 3.2. Renting takes 13.5% of median household income (median rent $944 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

12470 ranks 701 of 1,572 statewide on median household income and 827 of 1,572 on median home value; its income is in line with the $83,409 Greene County median. 81% of households own their home, in line with the 80% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 48% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 18.0%, far above the 9.9% statewide ZIP median.

With 54 residents per square mile across 12 square miles of land, 12470 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 197 (rank 1,146 of 1,572). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.