ZIP Code 11109 — Queens, New York

The median home in 11109 is valued at $525,300 against a median household income of $204,885, a price-to-income ratio of 2.6. That is far below the 8.7 median across the 178 New York City ZIP codes with published housing data, and near the 3.0 ratio that marks an attainable market nationally. Within Queens, 11109 ranks 1 of 60 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the borough median ratio is 7.9. Renting takes 20.5% of median household income (median rent $3,501 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

11109 ranks 6 of 178 citywide on median household income and 154 of 178 on median home value; its income is far above the $90,044 Queens median. 19% of households own their home, below the 35% citywide ZIP median, so most residents rent. 88% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far above the 39% median, and the poverty rate is 2.9%, far below the 13.8% citywide ZIP median and among the lowest in the city. Unemployment stands at 2.2%.

With 15,896 residents per square mile across 0.5 square miles of land, 11109 is far less dense than the citywide ZIP median of 92,954 (rank 172 of 178). This is the city's lower-density belt of detached and semi-detached houses, typical of outer Queens and Staten Island.