ZIP Code 12883 — Ticonderoga, New York

The median home in 12883 is valued at $162,300 against a median household income of $67,532, a price-to-income ratio of 2.4. 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 Essex County, 12883 ranks 10 of 24 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 2.8. Renting takes 15.1% of median household income (median rent $848 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

12883 ranks 1,102 of 1,572 statewide on median household income and 1,134 of 1,572 on median home value; its income is in line with the $70,729 Essex County median. 65% of households own their home, below the 80% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 15.1%, far above the 9.9% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 5.8%.

With 57 residents per square mile across 84.6 square miles of land, 12883 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 197 (rank 1,125 of 1,572). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.