11691 ZIP Code — Far Rockaway, NY

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ZIP code 11691 covers Far Rockaway, New York, with a population of about 68,704 and a median household income of $57,027.

Population: 68,70425,603 per square mile
Median age: 362.7 points below the US average
Median household income: $57,02733% below the New York median
Poverty rate: 20.8%8.4 points above the US average
Typical home value: $682,588up 17.5% in five years
Median rent: $1,4448% below the New York median
Degree or higher: 23.3%11.7 points below the US average
Homeownership: 28.9%36.1 points below the US average
Time zone: Eastern UTC-05:00observes daylight saving time
Businesses: 571

Where 11691 is

Far Rockaway, New York — the area the Census Bureau draws for this ZIP code. ZIP codes are sets of delivery routes rather than areas, so this is the Census approximation of one, not a Postal Service boundary.

People and households

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Population	68,704
Median age	36
Family households	64.4%
Born outside the US	34.8%
Speaks a language other than English at home	33.5%
White (non-Hispanic)	23.7%
Black (non-Hispanic)	40.4%
Asian (non-Hispanic)	4%
Hispanic or Latino	25.7%
Veterans	1.6%

Population by age

Income and poverty

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Median household income	$57,027
Income per person	$29,493
Poverty rate	20.8%
Households on SNAP or cash assistance	33%

Household income distribution

Under $10k	10.7%
$10–15k	8.8%
$15–20k	4.5%
$20–25k	3.2%
$25–30k	4.5%
$30–35k	4.0%
$35–40k	2.6%
$40–45k	3.0%
$45–50k	3.5%
$50–60k	6.5%
$60–75k	8.1%
$75–100k	9.2%
$100–125k	9.3%
$125–150k	5.2%
$150–200k	8.4%
$200k or more	8.5%

Income as declared to the IRS

Filed returns rather than survey responses, so this counts tax units and not households.

Tax returns filed	23,350
Mean adjusted gross income	$52,676
Returns declaring $200,000 or more	2.3%
Returns, under $25k	38.5%
Returns, $25k–$50k	27.8%
Returns, $50k–$75k	15.0%
Returns, $75k–$100k	7.7%
Returns, $100k–$200k	8.7%
Returns, $200k or more	2.3%

Housing

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Median home value	$649,400
Median gross rent	$1,444
Rent as a share of household income	35.3%
Owner-occupied	28.9%
Vacant homes	4.4%
Median year built	1965

What the homes are

Detached house	16.6%
Attached house	9.1%
2 to 4 units	23.7%
5 to 19 units	5.6%
20 or more units	44.6%
Mobile home	0.3%

Home values and rents today

Zillow Home Value Index and Zillow Observed Rent Index, courtesy of Zillow. Monthly and current, where the Census figures above are a five-year average and are capped at $2,000,000.

Typical home value	$682,588as of 2026-07
Typical home value, 1 year	up 5%
Typical home value, 5 years	up 17.5%
Typical home value, 10 years	up 72.6%
Typical asking rent	$3,124as of 2026-07

Typical home value since 2000

$231,553 in 2000 to $682,588 in 2026.

Work, commuting and education

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Unemployment rate	9.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%
High school diploma or higher	78.1%
Works from home	7.6%
Drives to work alone	41.2%
Takes public transport	31.7%
Commutes 45 minutes or more	47%

Health

CDC PLACES 2025 release, model-based estimates. These are modelled small-area estimates for adults, not counts of diagnosed cases.

Obesity	31.9% 1.5 pts below the national average of 33.4%
Diagnosed diabetes	15.8% 3.8 pts above the national average of 12%
Currently smokes	14.9% 1.7 pts above the national average of 13.2%
High blood pressure	37.4% 3.3 pts above the national average of 34.1%
Fair or poor general health	26.9% 6.6 pts above the national average of 20.3%
No health insurance (18–64)	13.7% 2.4 pts above the national average of 11.3%
Depression	16.4% 5.5 pts below the national average of 21.9%
No leisure-time physical activity	35.6% 10.2 pts above the national average of 25.4%
Arthritis	22.6% 2.5 pts below the national average of 25.1%
Binge drinking	14% 2 pts below the national average of 16%
Taking blood pressure medication	77.3% 2.6 pts above the national average of 74.7%
Cancer (non-skin)	5.7% 2 pts below the national average of 7.7%
Current asthma	11.4% 1 pts above the national average of 10.4%
Coronary heart disease	6.6% same as the national average of 6.2%
Routine check-up in past year	81% 4.3 pts above the national average of 76.7%
Cholesterol screening	87.2% 1.3 pts above the national average of 85.9%
Cognitive disability	16.5% 1.7 pts above the national average of 14.8%
Colorectal screening	63.6% 0.7 pts below the national average of 64.3%
COPD	7.3% 0.7 pts above the national average of 6.6%
Visited a dentist	52.5% 8.8 pts below the national average of 61.3%
Any disability	35.8% 5.1 pts above the national average of 30.7%
Lacks emotional support	34.2% 9.4 pts above the national average of 24.8%
Food insecurity	33.8% 16.7 pts above the national average of 17.1%
Received food stamps	29.8% 15.5 pts above the national average of 14.3%
Hearing disability	5.3% 1.4 pts below the national average of 6.7%
High cholesterol	38.2% 2 pts above the national average of 36.2%
Housing insecurity	27.8% 14 pts above the national average of 13.8%
Independent living disability	11.4% 3 pts above the national average of 8.4%
Lacks transport	16.2% 7 pts above the national average of 9.2%
Loneliness	41.5% 7.1 pts above the national average of 34.4%
Mammography use	79.2% 3.3 pts above the national average of 75.9%
Poor mental health (14+ days)	17.7% 0.9 pts above the national average of 16.8%
Mobility disability	18.6% 4.6 pts above the national average of 14%
Poor physical health (14+ days)	15.6% 2.1 pts above the national average of 13.5%
Self-care disability	6.2% 2.2 pts above the national average of 4%
Utility shut-off threat	15.9% 7.1 pts above the national average of 8.8%
Sleeps under 7 hours	41.8% 5.4 pts above the national average of 36.4%
Stroke	4.5% 1.1 pts above the national average of 3.4%
All natural teeth lost	18.7% 5.7 pts above the national average of 13%
Vision disability	8.8% 3.2 pts above the national average of 5.6%

Business and employment

Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2022

Business establishments	571
People employed	11,851
Annual payroll	$564,029,000

Natural hazard risk

FEMA National Risk Index, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data — the NRI is not published per ZIP.

Overall risk	Higher than 45.6% of US census tracts
FEMA rating	Very Low to Relatively High across the 16 census tracts this ZIP code covers
Expected annual loss	30.7 out of 100
Community resilience	18.5 out of 100

By hazard

Score is out of 100 and is the area-weighted average across the census tracts this ZIP code covers. The rating beside it is the highest any one of those tracts carries.

Coastal flooding	90.4Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Heat wave	77.5Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Hurricane	68.5Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Cold wave	67.3Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Earthquake	65.9Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Winter weather	58.5Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Strong wind	57.8Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
River flooding	46.9Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Hail	36.5Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado	23Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Ice storm	22.4Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Lightning	21.3Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Wildfire	14.2Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Landslide	13.2Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Drought	8.8Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code

Compared with New York and the United States

State and national columns are figures for those areas, not for this ZIP code. American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

	This ZIP	New York	United States
Median household income	$57,027	$84,578	$78,538
Income per person	$29,493	$49,520	$43,289
Poverty rate	20.8%	13.7%	12.4%
Median home value	$649,400	$403,000	$303,400
Median gross rent	$1,444	$1,576	$1,348
Homeownership	28.9%	54.3%	65%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%	39.6%	35%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	6.2%	5.2%
Works from home	7.6%	13.3%	13.5%
Born outside the US	34.8%	22.6%	13.9%
Median age	36	39.6	38.7

Climate

NOAA US Climate Normals 1991-2020, from the nearest weather station with a full year of records. The station and its distance are named above, because a station forty kilometres away describes somewhere else.

Weather station	NEW YORK JFK INTL AP, NY US4.2 km away
Rain in a year	43 in
Snow in a year	26 in

Average high and low by month

January	39.5°F / 26.2°F3.23 in rain, 7.5 in snow
February	41.7°F / 27.4°F2.76 in rain, 8.6 in snow
March	48.7°F / 33.6°F3.94 in rain, 4.3 in snow
April	58.8°F / 42.9°F3.55 in rain, 0.6 in snow
May	68.4°F / 52.5°F3.66 in rain
June	78°F / 62.4°F3.85 in rain
July	83.6°F / 68.7°F3.86 in rain
August	82.2°F / 67.8°F4.11 in rain
September	75.8°F / 61°F3.58 in rain
October	64.7°F / 49.8°F3.72 in rain
November	53.8°F / 39.8°F3.07 in rain, 0.4 in snow
December	44.5°F / 32°F3.96 in rain, 4.5 in snow

Access to food

USDA Food Access Research Atlas, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Each figure is the share of the ZIP code's land area that falls in a tract carrying that flag.

Low income and far from a supermarket	None of this ZIP code
Far from a supermarket	None of this ZIP code
No vehicle and far from a supermarket	None of this ZIP code

School districts

NCES Geographic Relationship File 2025, which states the association between each district and each ZIP code tabulation area directly. Elementary and secondary districts can cover the same ground, so shares need not total 100%.

New York City Department Of Education	100% of this ZIP code's land area

Community and walkability

CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index 2022 and the EPA National Walkability Index, both estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Vulnerability figures are national percentile ranks, not measurements.

Overall social vulnerability	85more vulnerable than 85% of US census tracts
Socioeconomic status	75more vulnerable than 75% of US census tracts
Household characteristics	83more vulnerable than 83% of US census tracts
Racial and ethnic minority status	81more vulnerable than 81% of US census tracts
Housing type and transport	80more vulnerable than 80% of US census tracts
Walkability	12.7 out of 20Above average

Nearby ZIP codes

The closest ZIP codes by centre point, which is not the same as sharing a border.

11690 Far Rockaway, NY	0.6 km away
11096 Inwood, NY	2.4 km away
11559 Lawrence, NY	2.6 km away
11509 Atlantic Beach, NY	3 km away
11692 Arverne, NY	3.1 km away
11516 Cedarhurst, NY	3.7 km away
11598 Woodmere, NY	5.1 km away
11693 Far Rockaway, NY	5.3 km away

Location, counties and time zone

County shares from Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files. Time zone from the USDOT National Transportation Atlas, which renders the boundaries written into 49 CFR Part 71.

Queens County	100% of this ZIP code's land area
Time zone	Eastern (UTC-05:00 standard)
Daylight saving time	Observed
Land area	2.68 sq mi
Water area	0.1 sq mi
Population density	25,603 people per sq mi
Latitude, longitude	40.6006, -73.7580

Figures are published for this ZIP code or its Census tabulation area unless a section says otherwise. Estimates whose margin of error made them unreliable are omitted rather than shown. Sources: US Census Bureau, CDC, IRS.