ZIP Code 11208 — Brooklyn, New York

The median home in 11208 is valued at $679,500 against a median household income of $62,077, a price-to-income ratio of 10.9. 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, which means a household earning the local median income cannot finance the local median home on conventional terms. Within Brooklyn, 11208 ranks 15 of 38 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the borough median ratio is 11.8. Renting takes 31.9% of median household income (median rent $1,651 a month), above the 30% cost-burden threshold.

11208 ranks 145 of 178 citywide on median household income and 113 of 178 on median home value; its income is below the $82,565 Brooklyn median. 25% of households own their home, below the 35% citywide ZIP median, so most residents rent. 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far below the 39% median, and the poverty rate is 18.7%, above the 13.8% citywide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 7.6%.

With 210,856 residents per square mile across 0.5 square miles of land, 11208 is far denser than the citywide ZIP median of 92,954 (rank 1 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.