ZIP Code 13616 — Calcium, New York

The median home in 13616 is valued at $147,800 against a median household income of $47,110, a price-to-income ratio of 3.1. That is above 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 Jefferson County, 13616 ranks 25 of 33 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 2.7. Renting takes 34.5% of median household income (median rent $1,356 a month), above the 30% cost-burden threshold.

13616 ranks 1,492 of 1,572 statewide on median household income and 1,231 of 1,572 on median home value; its income is below the $75,673 Jefferson County median. 34% of households own their home, far below the 80% statewide ZIP median, so most residents rent. 11% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 21.2%, far above the 9.9% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 6.7%.

With 279 residents per square mile across 5.6 square miles of land, 13616 is denser than the statewide ZIP median of 197 (rank 704 of 1,572). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.