ZIP Code 12790 — Wurtsboro, New York

The median home in 12790 is valued at $203,400 against a median household income of $82,772, a price-to-income ratio of 2.5. 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 Sullivan County, 12790 ranks 10 of 37 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 3.4. Renting takes 20.5% of median household income (median rent $1,414 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

12790 ranks 728 of 1,572 statewide on median household income and 910 of 1,572 on median home value; its income is above the $73,919 Sullivan County median. 80% of households own their home, in line with the 80% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, in line with the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 8.1%, below the 9.9% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 6.0%.

With 84 residents per square mile across 51.5 square miles of land, 12790 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 197 (rank 994 of 1,572). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.