ZIP Code 10035 — Manhattan, New York

The median home in 10035 is valued at $665,800 against a median household income of $45,121, a price-to-income ratio of 14.8. That is far 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, 10035 ranks 39 of 43 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the borough median ratio is 8.6. Renting takes 35.3% of median household income (median rent $1,326 a month), above the 30% cost-burden threshold.

10035 ranks 161 of 178 citywide on median household income and 120 of 178 on median home value; its income is far below the $140,381 Manhattan median. 11% of households own their home, far below the 35% citywide ZIP median, so most residents rent. 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the 39% median, and the poverty rate is 34.2%, far above the 13.8% citywide ZIP median and among the highest in the city. Unemployment stands at 11.0%.

With 111,034 residents per square mile across 0.35 square miles of land, 10035 is denser than the citywide ZIP median of 92,954 (rank 73 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.