ZIP Code 12571 — Red Hook, New York

The median home in 12571 is valued at $386,300 against a median household income of $115,200, a price-to-income ratio of 3.4. 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, 12571 ranks 7 of 29 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 3.6. Renting takes 13.9% of median household income (median rent $1,338 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

12571 ranks 320 of 1,572 statewide on median household income and 480 of 1,572 on median home value; its income is above the $97,367 Dutchess County median. 81% of households own their home, in line with the 80% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 5.3%, below the 9.9% statewide ZIP median and among the lowest in the state. Unemployment stands at 3.4%.

With 175 residents per square mile across 58.1 square miles of land, 12571 is less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 197 (rank 805 of 1,572). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.