ZIP Code 11697 — Queens, New York

The median home in 11697 is valued at $720,200 against a median household income of $122,667, a price-to-income ratio of 5.9. That is below 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, though it is among the more attainable ratios in the city. Within Queens, 11697 ranks 9 of 60 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the borough median ratio is 7.9.

11697 ranks 39 of 178 citywide on median household income and 96 of 178 on median home value; its income is above the $90,044 Queens median. 99% of households own their home, far above the 35% citywide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 54% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, above the 39% median, and the poverty rate is 6.6%, far below the 13.8% citywide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 2.5%.

With 8,858 residents per square mile across 0.5 square miles of land, 11697 is far less dense than the citywide ZIP median of 92,954 (rank 175 of 178). This is the city's lower-density belt of detached and semi-detached houses, typical of outer Queens and Staten Island.