ZIP Code 12533 — Hopewell Junction, New York

The median home in 12533 is valued at $440,800 against a median household income of $134,950, a price-to-income ratio of 3.3. That is above 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 Dutchess County, 12533 ranks 4 of 29 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 3.6. Renting takes 14.6% of median household income (median rent $1,643 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

12533 ranks 192 of 1,572 statewide on median household income and 427 of 1,572 on median home value; its income is above the $97,367 Dutchess County median. 90% 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 4.7%, far below the 9.9% statewide ZIP median and among the lowest in the state. Unemployment stands at 3.7%.

With 547 residents per square mile across 48.9 square miles of land, 12533 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 197 (rank 590 of 1,572). This is a low-density pattern of large lots, small towns or scattered subdivisions.