ZIP Code 11355 — Queens, New York

The median home in 11355 is valued at $674,600 against a median household income of $55,326, a price-to-income ratio of 12.2. 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 Queens, 11355 ranks 59 of 60 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the borough median ratio is 7.9. Renting takes 37.4% of median household income (median rent $1,725 a month), above the 30% cost-burden threshold.

11355 ranks 154 of 178 citywide on median household income and 117 of 178 on median home value; its income is below the $90,044 Queens median. 33% of households own their home, in line with the 35% citywide ZIP median, so most residents rent. 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the 39% median, and the poverty rate is 21.9%, far above the 13.8% citywide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 7.0%.

With 161,602 residents per square mile across 0.5 square miles of land, 11355 is far denser than the citywide ZIP median of 92,954 (rank 24 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.