| ZIP Codes: | 30 ZIP Codes (27 Standard, 3 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Codes: | 518 / 838 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:13:15 PM |
| Population: | 31,873 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 36031 |
| Land Area: | 1,765 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 36 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 44.1291, -73.7110 |
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31,873 residents live across 30 ZIPs covering 1,765 sq mi, served by 29 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 33,274 to 31,873 from 2014 to 2024 — a -4.2% change. 12 ZIPs gained residents, 17 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 12942 (Keene, $115,000 median) and poorest ZIP 12974 (Port Henry, $47,278) are 22.1 miles apart — a 2.4× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 5.1× across this county — from $115,200 in 12956 (Mineville) to $590,400 in 12942 (Keene).
Density varies 781× across the county — from 1 people/sq mi in 12855 (North Hudson) to 862 in 12977 (Ray Brook).
Educational attainment ranges from 1.7% bachelor's+ in 12977 (Ray Brook) to 58.4% in 12942 (Keene) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within New York, this is the #56 most populous of 62 counties and ranks #25 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $73,348 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
32.0% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (8,149 of 25,434 reporting).
27 Standard delivery, 3 PO Box only, 0 single-entity Unique ZIPs serve this county.
A frontier county — vast land area with only a few residents per square mile. Daily life looks very different here than in the country's denser counties.
| ZIP | City | Type | Population | Median Income | Area (sq mi) | 10-yr Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12946 | Lake Placid | Standard | 4,872 | $77,548 | 126.4 | -4.9% |
| 12883 | Ticonderoga | Standard | 4,744 | $65,865 | 91.4 | -5.5% |
| 12928 | Crown Point | Standard | 1,984 | $82,813 | 78.3 | 7.7% |
| 12993 | Westport | Standard | 1,926 | $80,139 | 84.1 | 19.0% |
| 12996 | Willsboro | Standard | 1,903 | $69,766 | 74.3 | -0.1% |
| 12870 | Schroon Lake | Standard | 1,756 | $72,628 | 118.1 | 56.5% |
| 12974 | Port Henry | Standard | 1,617 | $47,278 | 8.5 | 16.1% |
| 12941 | Jay | Standard | 1,487 | $68,625 | 40.9 | -2.8% |
| 12932 | Elizabethtown | Standard | 1,278 | $56,771 | 74.1 | -5.8% |
| 12956 | Mineville | Standard | 1,271 | $69,692 | 10.6 | 0.9% |
| 12997 | Wilmington | Standard | 1,251 | $82,344 | 69.6 | -3.5% |
| 12977 | Ray Brook | PO Box | 1,213 | — | 1.4 | -30.0% |
| 12960 | Moriah | Standard | 1,143 | $64,702 | 24.8 | -20.8% |
| 12913 | Bloomingdale | Standard | 989 | $81,250 | 33.2 | -22.7% |
| 12936 | Essex | Standard | 691 | $77,321 | 38.5 | 33.7% |
| 12950 | Lewis | Standard | 628 | $82,794 | 56.2 | -34.3% |
| 12857 | Olmstedville | Standard | 606 | $68,500 | 37.2 | 13.7% |
| 12852 | Newcomb | Standard | 490 | $108,750 | 247.8 | -0.6% |
| 12942 | Keene | Standard | 450 | $115,000 | 52.0 | -43.1% |
| 12998 | Witherbee | Standard | 399 | — | 18.4 | 2.0% |
| 12851 | Minerva | Standard | 275 | $73,750 | 113.4 | 24.4% |
| 12943 | Keene Valley | Standard | 260 | — | 120.0 | 25.6% |
| 12855 | North Hudson | Standard | 208 | $77,292 | 188.4 | 20.9% |
| 12987 | Upper Jay | Standard | 119 | $127,083 | 6.3 | -51.2% |
| 12858 | Paradox | Standard | 118 | $124,167 | 16.7 | 110.7% |
| 12975 | Port Kent | PO Box | 78 | — | 0.1 | -72.2% |
| 12964 | New Russia | Standard | 73 | $99,688 | 33.3 | -35.4% |
| 12961 | Moriah Center | Standard | 22 | — | 0.9 | -92.6% |
| 12872 | Severance | PO Box | 22 | — | 0.0 | -71.1% |
| 12879 | Newcomb | Standard | — | — | 0.0 | — |