ZIP Code 12496 — Windham, New York

The median home in 12496 is valued at $288,200 against a median household income of $68,173, a price-to-income ratio of 4.2. 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, though it is among the more attainable ratios in the state. Within Greene County, 12496 ranks 23 of 31 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 3.2.

12496 ranks 1,080 of 1,572 statewide on median household income and 642 of 1,572 on median home value; its income is below the $83,409 Greene County median. 88% of households own their home, above the 80% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 9.3%, below the 9.9% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 3.8%.

With 29 residents per square mile across 43.3 square miles of land, 12496 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 197 (rank 1,379 of 1,572). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.