ZIP Code 12837 — Hampton, New York

The median home in 12837 is valued at $165,300 against a median household income of $76,979, a price-to-income ratio of 2.1. 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 Washington County, 12837 ranks 2 of 19 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 2.5. Renting takes 17.0% of median household income (median rent $1,092 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

12837 ranks 856 of 1,572 statewide on median household income and 1,120 of 1,572 on median home value; its income is in line with the $74,631 Washington County median. 83% of households own their home, in line with the 80% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 13.1%, above the 9.9% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 16.8%.

With 68 residents per square mile across 13.9 square miles of land, 12837 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 197 (rank 1,059 of 1,572). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.