ZIP Code 13827 — Owego, New York

The median home in 13827 is valued at $142,600 against a median household income of $70,796, a price-to-income ratio of 2.0. 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 Tioga County, 13827 ranks 5 of 12 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 2.0. Renting takes 15.3% of median household income (median rent $901 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

13827 ranks 1,021 of 1,572 statewide on median household income and 1,267 of 1,572 on median home value; its income is in line with the $68,570 Tioga County median. 69% 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 17.3%, far above the 9.9% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 6.8%.

With 129 residents per square mile across 90.7 square miles of land, 13827 is less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 197 (rank 863 of 1,572). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.