ZIP Code 12780 — Sparrow Bush, New York

The median home in 12780 is valued at $215,000 against a median household income of $72,219, 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 Orange County, 12780 ranks 10 of 38 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 3.4. Renting takes 20.8% of median household income (median rent $1,252 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

12780 ranks 981 of 1,572 statewide on median household income and 861 of 1,572 on median home value; its income is below the $105,400 Orange County median. 72% of households own their home, below the 80% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 6.0%, below the 9.9% statewide ZIP median and among the lowest in the state. Unemployment stands at 9.7%.

With 91 residents per square mile across 24.7 square miles of land, 12780 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 197 (rank 965 of 1,572). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.