ZIP Code 12839 — Hudson Falls, New York

The median home in 12839 is valued at $161,300 against a median household income of $70,006, a price-to-income ratio of 2.3. 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, 12839 ranks 6 of 19 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 2.5. Renting takes 17.4% of median household income (median rent $1,018 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

12839 ranks 1,041 of 1,572 statewide on median household income and 1,144 of 1,572 on median home value; its income is below the $74,631 Washington County median. 61% of households own their home, below 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 14.3%, above the 9.9% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 9.0%.

With 439 residents per square mile across 31 square miles of land, 12839 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 197 (rank 625 of 1,572). This is a low-density pattern of large lots, small towns or scattered subdivisions.