ZIP Code 11203 — Brooklyn, New York

The median home in 11203 is valued at $720,400 against a median household income of $67,897, a price-to-income ratio of 10.6. 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, which means a household earning the local median income cannot finance the local median home on conventional terms. Within Brooklyn, 11203 ranks 12 of 38 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the borough median ratio is 11.8. Renting takes 27.9% of median household income (median rent $1,581 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

11203 ranks 133 of 178 citywide on median household income and 95 of 178 on median home value; its income is below the $82,565 Brooklyn median. 40% of households own their home, above 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 16.9%, above the 13.8% citywide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 8.7%.

With 149,634 residents per square mile across 0.5 square miles of land, 11203 is far denser than the citywide ZIP median of 92,954 (rank 40 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.