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Long Island City, NY

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Long Island City, NY: 2 USPS ZIPs, population 29,007. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet LONG-ISLAND-CITY-NY · Long Island City, NY 2 ZIPs · 29,007 pop · #601/25278 · Queens County

INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-FEW · OWN-RENT · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-MOD · HOME-TOP

  • INC-TOP $162,974
  • RANK-TOP #601/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Forest Hills
  • BOOK-FEW 2 ZIPs
  • OWN-RENT 17% owners
  • POP-SMALL 29,007
  • SPREAD-MOD 11101→11109
  • HOME-TOP $748,300

Nearest income peer: Forest Hills, NY ( $57,070 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Long Island City

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Long Island City on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Long Island City, NY sits among US cities with a top-decile household income, on a small-city population base, across a handful of delivery areas.

Top 2%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
29,007
city population (Census)
2
USPS ZIP codes covered
$162,974
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 2 ZIPs: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $162,974 and home value $748,300 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 78.1%.

Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (16.9%) for this income tier, rent $3,205 may matter more than the home-value average.

Within New York, Mohegan Lake is the closest lower-income city and Blue Point the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Long Island City.

Within-city ZIP comparison

Where the ZIP codes inside Long Island City differ

Long Island City's city average masks two linked splits. Median household income runs from $121,062 in ZIP 11101 to $204,885 in ZIP 11109, while home values span $525,300 in 11109 to $971,300 in 11101. Compare the endpoint ZIPs before treating the city-level number as a neighborhood-level answer.

Income high-to-low ratio
1.7×

11101 to 11109

Home-value high-to-low ratio
1.8×

11109 to 11101

Poverty-rate spread
12.3 points

11109 to 11101

Derived from the published ACS 2023 ZIP-level records shown on this site. A high-to-low ratio compares the highest and lowest available ZIP values; it is not a score or forecast.

Population concentration

ZIP 11101 swallows Long Island City's short list

Across only 2 ZIPs, 11101 still holds about 88% of Long Island City's 29,007 residents. The secondary codes are thin edges; treat the city average as a near-reprint of the lead ZIP.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Employer-heavy short list in Long Island City

Citywide ZBP: 3,120 establishments, 61,708 employees , annual payroll $4,393,471k (~108 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 2 of 2 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 11101 (3,038 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (361) · also Accommodation and food services · Professional, scientific, and technical services .

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ZIP Codes in Long Island City, NY

These ZIP codes sit in Queens County, which covers 66 ZIP codes in all; 2 of them fall in Long Island City. See the Queens County roll-up →

No other city sharing Queens County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Long Island City. Jamaica, Flushing and Astoria sit below it, so a household comparing this county on income alone starts here. Far Rockaway marks the far end of that range at $62,292, 62% below Long Island City.

Side-by-side: Compare 11101 vs 11109 →

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
11101 25,484 $121,062 3,038 3,779
11109 3,523 $204,885 82 27,330
How we build city roll-ups · Guide: reading ZIP code data · BLS wages

Long Island City roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Long Island City, .