ZIP Code 10461 — Bronx, New York

The median home in 10461 is valued at $663,500 against a median household income of $67,028, a price-to-income ratio of 9.9. 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, so buying here on a local median income requires substantial savings or a second income. Within Bronx, 10461 ranks 16 of 25 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the borough median ratio is 8.8. Renting takes 32.5% of median household income (median rent $1,813 a month), above the 30% cost-burden threshold.

10461 ranks 135 of 178 citywide on median household income and 123 of 178 on median home value; its income is above the $46,233 Bronx median. 30% of households own their home, below the 35% citywide ZIP median, so most residents rent. 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the 39% median, and the poverty rate is 16.0%, above the 13.8% citywide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 7.3%.

With 104,024 residents per square mile across 0.5 square miles of land, 10461 is denser than the citywide ZIP median of 92,954 (rank 78 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.