ZIP Code 11385 — Queens, New York

The median home in 11385 is valued at $861,500 against a median household income of $88,838, a price-to-income ratio of 9.7. 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, so buying here on a local median income requires substantial savings or a second income. Within Queens, 11385 ranks 46 of 60 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the borough median ratio is 7.9. Renting takes 27.1% of median household income (median rent $2,004 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

11385 ranks 88 of 178 citywide on median household income and 71 of 178 on median home value; its income is in line with the $90,044 Queens median. 31% of households own their home, below the 35% citywide ZIP median, so most residents rent. 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the 39% median, and the poverty rate is 12.0%, below the 13.8% citywide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 7.0%.

With 203,408 residents per square mile across 0.5 square miles of land, 11385 is far denser than the citywide ZIP median of 92,954 (rank 2 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.