ZIP Code 10459 — Bronx, New York

The median home in 10459 is valued at $582,000 against a median household income of $38,006, a price-to-income ratio of 15.3. 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 Bronx, 10459 ranks 21 of 25 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the borough median ratio is 8.8. Renting takes 41.8% of median household income (median rent $1,325 a month), above the 30% cost-burden threshold.

10459 ranks 173 of 178 citywide on median household income and 145 of 178 on median home value; its income is below the $46,233 Bronx median. 10% of households own their home, far below the 35% citywide ZIP median, so most residents rent. 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far below the 39% median, and the poverty rate is 33.7%, far above the 13.8% citywide ZIP median and among the highest in the city. Unemployment stands at 15.3%.

With 96,540 residents per square mile across 0.5 square miles of land, 10459 is in line with the citywide ZIP median of 92,954 (rank 84 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.