ZIP Code 14885 — Troupsburg, New York

The median home in 14885 is valued at $141,300 against a median household income of $66,316, 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 Steuben County, 14885 ranks 19 of 25 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 1.9. Renting takes 16.4% of median household income (median rent $906 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

14885 ranks 1,138 of 1,572 statewide on median household income and 1,273 of 1,572 on median home value; its income is in line with the $64,614 Steuben County median. 82% of households own their home, in line with the 80% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 5.5%, below the 9.9% statewide ZIP median and among the lowest in the state. Unemployment stands at 1.1%.

With 16 residents per square mile across 42.5 square miles of land, 14885 is far less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 197 (rank 1,490 of 1,572). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.