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Beacon, NY

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Beacon, NY: 1 USPS ZIP, population 19,880. 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 BEACON-NY · Beacon, NY 1 ZIPs · 19,880 pop · #5816/25278 · Dutchess County

INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-LOW · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-HIGH

  • INC-HIGH $92,461
  • RANK-UPPER #5816/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Rhinebeck
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-LOW 59% owners
  • POP-TOWN 19,880
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-HIGH $445,100

Nearest income peer: Rhinebeck, NY (+ $2,398 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 Beacon

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Beacon 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, Beacon, NY sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 23%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
19,880
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$92,461
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 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $92,461 and home value $445,100 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 46.0%.

Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (58.9%) for this income tier, rent $1,712 may matter more than the home-value average.

Within New York, Tribes Hill is the closest lower-income city and Highland the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Beacon.

Population concentration

Beacon reads through its lone ZIP, 12508

19,880 ACS residents, one ZIP: 12508 is not the leading code inside Beacon, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Mid-pack ZBP load on Beacon's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 459 establishments, 3,404 employees , annual payroll $151,841k (~23 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 12508 (459 units) ; leading NAICS Professional, scientific, and technical services (75) · also Retail trade · Accommodation and food services .

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ZIP Codes in Beacon, NY

These ZIP codes sit in Dutchess County, which covers 34 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Beacon. See the Dutchess County roll-up →

Beacon sits in the lower half of Dutchess County on income: Wappingers Falls, Hopewell Junction and Fishkill report more, Poughkeepsie and Hyde Park report less. Hopewell Junction marks the far end of that range at $141,585, 53% above Beacon.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
12508 19,880 $92,461 459 527
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Beacon 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 Beacon, .