ZIP Code 10032 — Manhattan, New York

The median home in 10032 is valued at $606,500 against a median household income of $56,829, a price-to-income ratio of 10.7. 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, 10032 ranks 34 of 43 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the borough median ratio is 8.6. Renting takes 33.8% of median household income (median rent $1,603 a month), above the 30% cost-burden threshold.

10032 ranks 151 of 178 citywide on median household income and 144 of 178 on median home value; its income is far below the $140,381 Manhattan median. 9% of households own their home, far below the 35% citywide ZIP median, so most residents rent. 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, above the 39% median, and the poverty rate is 22.4%, far above the 13.8% citywide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 14.7%.

With 173,781 residents per square mile across 0.32 square miles of land, 10032 is far denser than the citywide ZIP median of 92,954 (rank 18 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.