ZIP Code 10280 — Manhattan, New York

The median home in 10280 is valued at $976,300 against a median household income of $206,299, a price-to-income ratio of 4.7. That is below the 8.7 median across the 178 New York City 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 city. Within Manhattan, 10280 ranks 2 of 43 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the borough median ratio is 8.6. Renting takes 20.4% of median household income (median rent $3,501 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

10280 ranks 5 of 178 citywide on median household income and 49 of 178 on median home value; its income is above the $140,381 Manhattan median. 34% of households own their home, in line with the 35% citywide ZIP median, so most residents rent. 87% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far above the 39% median, and the poverty rate is 3.7%, far below the 13.8% citywide ZIP median and among the lowest in the city. Unemployment stands at 1.6%.

With 17,866 residents per square mile across 0.5 square miles of land, 10280 is far less dense than the citywide ZIP median of 92,954 (rank 171 of 178). This is the city's lower-density belt of detached and semi-detached houses, typical of outer Queens and Staten Island.