ZIP Code 12873 — Shushan, New York

The median home in 12873 is valued at $216,400 against a median household income of $95,417, 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, 12873 ranks 5 of 19 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 2.5. Renting takes 10.9% of median household income (median rent $864 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

12873 ranks 515 of 1,572 statewide on median household income and 852 of 1,572 on median home value; its income is above the $74,631 Washington County median. 67% of households own their home, below the 80% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 15.4%, far above the 9.9% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 0.8%.

With 39 residents per square mile across 21.1 square miles of land, 12873 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 197 (rank 1,279 of 1,572). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.