ZIP Code 14850 — Ithaca, New York

The median home in 14850 is valued at $334,800 against a median household income of $69,689, a price-to-income ratio of 4.8. That is far above the 2.9 median across the 1,572 New York ZIP codes with published housing data, and past the 3.0 ratio that marks an attainable market nationally, though it is among the more attainable ratios in the state. Within Tompkins County, 14850 ranks 8 of 8 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 2.8. Renting takes 24.9% of median household income (median rent $1,446 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

14850 ranks 1,052 of 1,572 statewide on median household income and 554 of 1,572 on median home value; its income is below the $75,736 Tompkins County median. 44% of households own their home, below the 80% statewide ZIP median, so most residents rent. 72% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 18.3%, far above the 9.9% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 5.8%.

With 533 residents per square mile across 124.8 square miles of land, 14850 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 197 (rank 594 of 1,572). This is a low-density pattern of large lots, small towns or scattered subdivisions.