ZIP Code 13026 — Aurora, New York

The median home in 13026 is valued at $202,000 against a median household income of $96,000, 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 Cayuga County, 13026 ranks 6 of 16 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 2.2. Renting takes 15.8% of median household income (median rent $1,263 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

13026 ranks 500 of 1,572 statewide on median household income and 912 of 1,572 on median home value; its income is above the $72,762 Cayuga County median. 76% of households own their home, in line with the 80% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 3.7%, far below the 9.9% statewide ZIP median and among the lowest in the state. Unemployment stands at 2.0%.

With 65 residents per square mile across 26.2 square miles of land, 13026 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 197 (rank 1,071 of 1,572). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.