ZIP Code 10026 — Manhattan, New York

The median home in 10026 is valued at $1,052,300 against a median household income of $81,244, a price-to-income ratio of 13.0. That is above the 8.7 median across the 178 New York City ZIP codes with published housing data, and well past the 3.0 ratio that marks an attainable market nationally, which means a household earning the local median income cannot finance the local median home on conventional terms. Within Manhattan, 10026 ranks 38 of 43 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the borough median ratio is 8.6. Renting takes 24.5% of median household income (median rent $1,657 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

10026 ranks 107 of 178 citywide on median household income and 40 of 178 on median home value; its income is below the $140,381 Manhattan median. 24% of households own their home, below the 35% citywide ZIP median, so most residents rent. 55% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, above the 39% median, and the poverty rate is 17.7%, above the 13.8% citywide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 7.7%.

With 148,492 residents per square mile across 0.25 square miles of land, 10026 is far denser than the citywide ZIP median of 92,954 (rank 41 of 178). This is among the densest residential territory in the United States: high-rise and mid-rise apartment blocks with almost no single-family stock.