ZIP Code 12517 — Copake Falls, New York

The median home in 12517 is valued at $425,000 against a median household income of $143,250, a price-to-income ratio of 3.0. That is in line with 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 Columbia County, 12517 ranks 5 of 22 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 3.6. Renting takes 9.6% of median household income (median rent $1,142 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

12517 ranks 161 of 1,572 statewide on median household income and 442 of 1,572 on median home value; its income is far above the $84,396 Columbia County median. 77% of households own their home, in line with the 80% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 15.2%, far above the 9.9% statewide ZIP median.

With 56 residents per square mile across 4.8 square miles of land, 12517 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 197 (rank 1,128 of 1,572). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.