ZIP Code 13656 — La Fargeville, New York

The median home in 13656 is valued at $145,500 against a median household income of $62,250, 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 Jefferson County, 13656 ranks 12 of 33 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 2.7. Renting takes 9.4% of median household income (median rent $487 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

13656 ranks 1,245 of 1,572 statewide on median household income and 1,248 of 1,572 on median home value; its income is below the $75,673 Jefferson County median. 76% of households own their home, below the 80% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 16.1%, far above the 9.9% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 8.5%.

With 34 residents per square mile across 87.1 square miles of land, 13656 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 197 (rank 1,328 of 1,572). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.