At $3,238 in June 2026, the current ZIP 11375 asking-rent reading creates a measurable affordability tension: its 7.4% year-over-year rise comes alongside a $129,520 annual income figure under the 30% screen, above the matched area’s $105,904 median household income. Zillow ZORI is the typical observed asking-rent index, blended across rental types, rather than a lease-by-lease contract-rent series. Thus, the income comparison describes a broad arithmetic screen based on the index, not an applicant qualification rule, a household budget finding, or evidence about what any available home commands. The current reading is useful as a market signal, but its different scope from household survey data is central to interpretation.
The backward-looking ZORI history supports a stable-growth reading, though it does not establish a forecast. Exact same-month change was 7.4% over one-year, 5.9% over three-year, and 7.8% over five-year periods. Recent direction therefore confirms the longer positive path and is faster than the three-year pace, while remaining slightly below the five-year pace. History has 100% coverage. Monthly index movements translate to 2.8% annualized variability, which supports somewhat more confidence in a current snapshot than a highly erratic series would; separately, the largest recorded decline from a prior peak was 4.5%, showing that the path was not uninterrupted. Transparent national discovery ranks among history-eligible ZIPs were 91 for momentum, 1,272 for stability, and 179 for the balanced measure; these are comparative discovery tools, not forecasts or recommendations.
The five-digit label is both a Zillow ZIP market identifier and a Census ZCTA match; a ZCTA is a statistical area and is not identical to a USPS delivery ZIP. In the ACS 2024 five-year survey, median gross rent for occupied renter homes was $2,175, with a $42 margin of error, and that measure includes selected utilities. The current $3,238 Zillow asking-rent index is therefore 48.9% higher than the ACS survey median, but the gap does not mean that either source is wrong. One measures a typical observed asking-rent index across available rental types, while the other summarizes surveyed occupied renter homes over a multi-year period with a different rent concept.
Bedroom figures should be read as modelled estimates rather than measured bedroom rents. Scaling ZIP ZORI through the local HUD ladder produces monthly modelled estimates of $2,349 for a studio, $2,724 for one bedroom, $3,238 for two bedrooms, $3,966 for three bedrooms, and $4,570 for four bedrooms. The local HUD standards underlying that ladder run from $1,898 for a studio to $3,693 for four bedrooms. HUD FMR or SAFMR is an administrative, bedroom-specific standard, not an asking-rent observation. The model is useful for preserving local bedroom spacing around the ZIP index, but it cannot establish the actual asking rent, concessions, condition, or utility treatment of a particular sized unit.
Survey burdens and housing composition add context without converting a ZIP-wide measure into a unit-level conclusion. Among 16,855 ACS renter households, 7,405, or 43.9%, reported gross-rent burdens at or above the screen used here. That share reflects surveyed occupied renter households, not the affordability of a specific listing. The same ZCTA survey reports 35,673 housing units, a 4.5% vacancy rate, and a 49.5% renter share. Larger multifamily structures account for 24,778 units, compared with 6,614 single-family units. Vacancy and structure counts describe the area’s stock and occupancy pattern; they do not prove that a given apartment is available, appropriately priced, or affordable to a particular household.
Wider benchmarks place the ZIP near its county rent context but below broader city and metro readings: New York City scope Zillow rent was $4,133, Queens County scope Zillow rent was $3,256, and New York-Newark-Jersey City metro scope Zillow rent was $3,573. Each is context for its named geography, not a substitute for the direct ZIP measure. The ZIP’s current index is therefore much closer to the county figure than to the citywide or metro values, yet this proximity should not be treated as a property comparison. Geographic coverage, rental mix, timing, and source construction can differ across those broader context series.
Redfin’s direct rolling-three-month ZIP resale observation belongs strictly to the for-sale market, not rental transactions. It reports a median sold price of $438,901, up 2.1% year over year, with 151 homes sold and median days on market of 75. Inventory stood at 325 homes and months of supply at 6.5. Sale-to-list signals were measured at 98.9% on average, with 16.3% of homes selling above list. These resale signals create a useful tension with rent history: asking-rent growth outpaced sold-price growth, while marketing time, supply, and below-list average sale performance indicate a resale environment that cannot be reduced to the rent trend. The 8.85% screening ratio, calculated as annualized ZIP ZORI divided by median sold price, is only a cross-source screen and does not measure property-level economics.
The evidence is strongest for describing aggregate rent, survey, administrative-standard, and resale conditions at their separate scopes. It cannot identify a specific home’s contract rent, bedroom fit, utility bills, vacancy status, repair needs, listing history, financing terms, taxes, operating costs, or legal configuration. A property-level review would need the active asking price and concessions, comparable current listings with matching bedroom count, lease and utility terms, physical condition, exact location, and direct sale or listing records. It should also verify whether the relevant address falls within the same delivery ZIP and whether its characteristics resemble the stock represented by the broader index and survey measures.