What is the population of Medford CDP?

Medford CDP has 25,681 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #64 of 1,292 in New York.

What is the median household income in Medford CDP?

Median household income in Medford CDP is $128,631 a year, 63.8% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Medford CDP?

Median gross rent is $2,404 a month and the median home value is $444,500, so rent absorbs about 22.4% of median household income.

Is Medford CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Medford CDP is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 22.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Medford, NY population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Medford, New York (Medford, NY — Census place “Medford CDP”) is 25,681 residents, ranking #64 of 1292 places in New York. Median household income is $128,631, the median home is worth $444,500 and median gross rent runs $2,404 a month. Looking for the Medford New York ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Medford, NY: 11763.

Population: 25,681Medford CDP residents
Median household income: $128,631Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $444,500Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $2,404Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 39.6 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 90.4%Owner-occupied households

Medford ZIP codes (New York)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Medford.

The Medford NY ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

11763

What the numbers mean in Medford CDP

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Medford CDP median would spend about 22.4% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 5.6% of residents and 90.4% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Medford CDP, NY in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Medford CDP is a small city in New York, with 25,681 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #64 of 1,292 ranked by population — larger than 95% of them. The median age here is 39.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Medford CDP earn a median of $128,631 a year, 63.8% above the national figure of $78,538 and 40% above the $91,806 median for the 847 New York cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 5.6% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Medford CDP is valued at $444,500, 46.5% above the national figure and 41% above the $315,800 peer median, while median gross rent runs $2,404 a month, 71% above the national figure, or roughly $28,848 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 22.4% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 90.4% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Medford CDP?: Medford CDP has 25,681 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #64 of 1,292 in New York.
What is the median household income in Medford CDP?: Median household income in Medford CDP is $128,631 a year, 63.8% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Medford CDP?: Median gross rent is $2,404 a month and the median home value is $444,500, so rent absorbs about 22.4% of median household income.
Is Medford CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Medford CDP is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 22.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Medford CDP data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.