ZIP Code 10282 — Manhattan, New York

The median home in 10282 is valued at more than $2,000,000 (the Census reporting ceiling) against a median household income of more than $250,000 (the Census reporting ceiling), a price-to-income ratio of at least 8.0. That is below 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, so buying here on a local median income requires substantial savings or a second income. Within Manhattan, 10282 ranks 17 of 43 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the borough median ratio is 8.6. Renting takes 16.8% of median household income (median rent $3,501 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

10282 ranks 1 of 178 citywide on median household income and 1 of 178 on median home value; its income is far above the $140,381 Manhattan median. 11% of households own their home, far below the 35% citywide ZIP median, so most residents rent. 84% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far above the 39% median, and the poverty rate is 5.8%, far below the 13.8% citywide ZIP median and among the lowest in the city. Unemployment stands at 6.4%.

With 11,774 residents per square mile across 0.5 square miles of land, 10282 is far less dense than the citywide ZIP median of 92,954 (rank 174 of 178). This is the city's lower-density belt of detached and semi-detached houses, typical of outer Queens and Staten Island.