| City: | Sugar Loaf, New York |
| County: | Orange County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 11:31:28 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 329 / 845 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 41.3208, -74.2859 |
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Sugar Loaf is a small arts village in New York's Hudson Valley, tucked into Orange County about 50 miles northwest of New York City. The 10981 ZIP doesn't have its own geographic territory. Instead, it's a point location contained within the larger 10918 (Greenwood Lake) ZIP. This setup is typical for small historic hamlets that have their own post office but share geographic boundaries with a surrounding community.
The Sugar Loaf post office maintains 250 PO Boxes and serves 64 businesses. With 12 business establishments employing 102 people, this tiny village punches above its weight commercially. That's because Sugar Loaf is known as an artists' colony, with galleries, craft shops, and artisan studios lining its main drag.
Kings Highway is the only street address in the ZIP, and all 41 street delivery records point there. This is designated a PO Box Only Zone, meaning there's no alternative mail delivery method available. Residents and businesses must use PO Boxes to receive mail. The post office serves as the community's mail hub, handling both the local artisan community and surrounding rural residents who come here for postal services.
Kings Highway serves as the village's main commercial strip, hosting artisan shops and galleries.
ZIP Code 10981 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 10 business establishments, employing about 104 people with an annual payroll of $6,174,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 879Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 10Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $2,122,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $6,174,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 104Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 10981 is located in Orange County, New York, within the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 28880) and New York's 18th Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 700,984 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 10981. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NYSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 28880Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 700,984Source: Census |
| MSA: | New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 18Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 1353.42 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | Newburgh, NY-PA PMSASource: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | --Source: Census |
| Place Name: | --Source: Census |
We could not locate which school district 10981 belongs to, but we will update this once new district data is released. There are no public schools nor private schools with a mailing address in this ZIP Code. Listing Nearby schools instead. It also has 6 colleges, universities or post secondary education institutions nearby which would be a short commute to.
Our sources include trusted federal and licensed data from the United States Postal Service, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Geological Survey, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the National Center for Education Statistics, along with proprietary datasets created by ZIP-Codes.com. Data last updated on January 1, 2026.