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Queens County · New York

ZIP code 11103

Population, income, housing costs and the sales tax rate charged on purchases inside ZIP 11103 — Census 2019-2023 ACS 5-year, no modelled estimates.
Population
35,357

ZCTA residents

Median income
$92,787

Household, past 12 months

Median home
$1,003,500

Owner-occupied value

Sales tax
4%

New York state rate

Quick answer

ZIP 11103 sits in Queens County, New York and is home to 35,357 people. Median household income is $92,787, the median home is worth $1,003,500 and median gross rent is $2,120. 16.5% of households own their home, and purchases are taxed at 4% (New York state rate).

County
Queens County

FIPS 36081

State
New York (NY)

1,826 ZIPs covered

Area codes
Not published

No NANPA match for this ZIP

Metro area
Outside covered metros

Rate jurisdiction used for tax

The numbers for 11103

American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZCTA.

Population
35,357ZIP 11103 residents
Median household income
$92,787Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value
$1,003,500Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent
$2,120Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age
36.4 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate
16.5%Owner-occupied households

ZIP 11103 in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

ZIP 11103 is a small city in Queens County, New York, with 35,357 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #171 of 1,824 ranked by population — larger than 90% of them. The median age here is 36.4 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger 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 ZIP 11103 earn a median of $92,787 a year, 18.1% above the national figure of $78,538. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 10.3% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in ZIP 11103 is valued at $1,003,500, 230.8% above the national figure, while median gross rent runs $2,120 a month, 50.8% above the national figure, or roughly $25,440 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 27.4% 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 10.8×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is out of reach on local earnings alone and the ownership market leans on outside income, equity or dual high earners. 16.5% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, a renter-majority market, so rent figures matter more here than the home-value line. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

Home values sit at 10.8× median household income, far past the 3.9× national mark, so ownership costs here are set by something other than local wages — second homes, retirees with equity, or commuters earning elsewhere.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. 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.

Reading ZIP 11103 in context

How 11103 sits inside Queens County and New York.

ZIP 11103 is tabulated inside Queens County, New York, one of 66 ZIP areas the Census publishes for that county and 1,826 across New York. This is a dense urban ZIP, where a single postal boundary can hold more residents than an entire rural county. County assignment on this page follows the largest share of the ZIP's land area, which matters where a delivery route crosses a county line: mail addressed to 11103 can be handled by a post office in a neighbouring county even though the tabulation area is filed here.

Against its own county, 11103 reports a median household income of $92,787, 4% above the $89,084 county median, and 17% above the $79,429 typical NY ZIP. Owner-occupied homes are valued at a median of $1,003,500, 47% above the county figure and 331% above the statewide ZIP median. Rent is reported gross — the contract amount plus tenant-paid utilities — at $2,120 a month, which is why it reads higher than the advertised rent on a listing for the same unit.

New York charges 4% statewide, and local governments overlapping 11103 may add county, city or special-district levies on top. We publish the state floor for this ZIP rather than guessing a combined figure, because ZIP boundaries and taxing-district boundaries were drawn for different purposes and do not line up.

Everything above comes from the Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZIP Code Tabulation Area, with sales tax rates traced to the state revenue agency. Five-year estimates pool sixty months of responses, so they are stable enough to compare 11103 with its neighbours but always trail the current year, and any value the Census suppressed for sample size is shown as unpublished rather than filled in with a model.

Sales tax in 11103

What a purchase inside this ZIP costs at checkout.

Rate applied
4%State base rate only
Tax on $100
$4Rounded to the dollar
Tax on $1,000
$40Before any exemptions

New York levies 4% statewide, and counties, cities and special districts inside this ZIP can add their own local rate on top. Check the county page for the local component before you quote a price.

Affordability in this ZIP

Derived from the Census medians above — indicative, not an offer.

Rent burden
27%Median rent ÷ median income
Price-to-income
10.8×Home value ÷ household income
Est. mortgage
$5,207/mo20% down, 30-yr at 6.75%
Poverty rate
10.3%Residents below poverty line

A rent burden above 30% is the federal threshold for cost-burdened households, and a price-to-income multiple above 4× is generally considered a stretched housing market. The mortgage figure is principal and interest only — taxes, insurance and HOA dues are extra.

How 11103 compares

ZIP 11103 against the median ZIP in Queens County and across New York.

MeasureZIP 11103County medianState medianvs state
Median household income$92,787$89,084$79,429+17%
Median home value$1,003,500$680,800$232,800+331%
Median gross rent$2,120$1,957$1,125+88%
Population35,35732,0882,819+1154%

Medians are computed across the 66 ZIP areas in Queens County and the 1826 ZIP areas in New York.

Statewide rank

Where this ZIP places among all 1826 New York ZIP areas.

Income

richer than 66% of 1,625 state ZIPs

#557
Home value

above 95% of 1,631 state ZIPs

#85
Population

larger than 91% of 1,824 state ZIPs

#171

Comparable ZIP codes

New York ZIP areas with almost the same household income.

ZIPCountyIncomeHome valueRent
12033Rensselaer County$92,808$267,500$1,380
12147Albany County$92,813$235,100—
13354Oneida County$92,750$198,700$822
12487Ulster County$92,847$273,100$1,606
14476Orleans County$92,708$162,800$963
13031Onondaga County$92,687$207,100$1,281

Nearby ZIP codes

Other ZIP codes filed under Queens County.

Adjacent ZIP Codes

Other ZIP codes in Queens County, New York.

ZIP 11103 questions

Common questions about this ZIP code.

Where is ZIP code 11103?
ZIP 11103 lies mostly in Queens County, New York. County assignment follows the largest share of land area, so a ZIP straddling a county line is filed under its dominant county.
What sales tax do I pay in 11103?
New York charges 4% statewide, plus any county, city or district rate that applies locally.
Is 11103 expensive to live in?
Median rent runs $2,120 a month, about 27% of median household income, and the median home is worth $1,003,500 — +331% against the typical New York ZIP.
Is a ZCTA the same as a postal ZIP code?
Not exactly. The Census builds ZIP Code Tabulation Areas from the ZIP codes of addresses inside each census block, so a ZCTA can differ slightly from the USPS delivery route of the same number, and PO-box-only ZIPs have no ZCTA at all.

Related pages for this area.

Sources & transparency

Every figure on this page is a published estimate for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 11103, except the affordability ratios and mortgage estimate, which we derive from those medians and label as estimates.

Last reviewed December 2024. Figures are published for reference and can change; verify with the source agency before filing or contracting. How we build and check this data.