ZIP Code 12859 — Porter Corners, New York

The median home in 12859 is valued at $300,300 against a median household income of $72,847, a price-to-income ratio of 4.1. 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, though it is among the more attainable ratios in the state. Within Saratoga County, 12859 ranks 20 of 21 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 3.1. Renting takes 22.3% of median household income (median rent $1,351 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

12859 ranks 967 of 1,572 statewide on median household income and 621 of 1,572 on median home value; its income is below the $94,189 Saratoga County median. 87% of households own their home, above the 80% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 14.9%, far above the 9.9% statewide ZIP median.

With 82 residents per square mile across 19.9 square miles of land, 12859 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 197 (rank 1,004 of 1,572). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.