ZIP Code 12543 — Maybrook, New York

The median home in 12543 is valued at $234,500 against a median household income of $89,293, 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 Orange County, 12543 ranks 4 of 38 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 3.4. Renting takes 20.1% of median household income (median rent $1,492 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

12543 ranks 603 of 1,572 statewide on median household income and 779 of 1,572 on median home value; its income is below the $105,400 Orange County median. 54% of households own their home, below 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 7.3%, below the 9.9% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 1.6%.

With 2,098 residents per square mile across 1.5 square miles of land, 12543 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 197 (rank 403 of 1,572). This is a low-density pattern of large lots, small towns or scattered subdivisions.