ZIP Code 12771 — Port Jervis, New York

The median home in 12771 is valued at $246,100 against a median household income of $67,926, a price-to-income ratio of 3.6. 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. Within Orange County, 12771 ranks 24 of 38 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 3.4. Renting takes 23.1% of median household income (median rent $1,310 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

12771 ranks 1,089 of 1,572 statewide on median household income and 739 of 1,572 on median home value; its income is below the $105,400 Orange County median. 62% 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 15.3%, far above the 9.9% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 6.3%.

With 415 residents per square mile across 34.6 square miles of land, 12771 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 197 (rank 637 of 1,572). This is a low-density pattern of large lots, small towns or scattered subdivisions.