ZIP Code 11236 — Brooklyn, New York

The median home in 11236 is valued at $743,100 against a median household income of $81,464, a price-to-income ratio of 9.1. That is in line with 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 Brooklyn, 11236 ranks 5 of 38 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the borough median ratio is 11.8. Renting takes 24.5% of median household income (median rent $1,660 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

11236 ranks 105 of 178 citywide on median household income and 87 of 178 on median home value; its income is in line with the $82,565 Brooklyn median. 52% of households own their home, above the 35% citywide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the 39% median, and the poverty rate is 13.2%, in line with the 13.8% citywide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 8.2%.

With 176,102 residents per square mile across 0.5 square miles of land, 11236 is far denser than the citywide ZIP median of 92,954 (rank 15 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.