PlainZIP

Chatham, NY

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Chatham, NY: 1 USPS ZIP, population 4,015. 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 CHATHAM-NY · Chatham, NY 1 ZIPs · 4,015 pop · #6444/25278 · Columbia County

INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-HIGH $89,844
  • RANK-UPPER #6444/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Germantown
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 72% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 4,015
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $343,900

Nearest income peer: Germantown, NY (+ $7,835 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 Chatham

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

Top 25%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
4,015
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$89,844
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 $89,844 and home value $343,900 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 51.7%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (72.2%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Chatham as a pure owner town.

Within New York, Hector is the closest lower-income city and Sand Lake the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Chatham.

Population concentration

Chatham reads through its lone ZIP, 12037

4,015 ACS residents, one ZIP: 12037 is not the leading code inside Chatham, 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

Dense ZBP book packed into Chatham's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 147 establishments, 960 employees , annual payroll $47,317k (~37 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 12037 (147 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (28) · also Professional, scientific, and technical services · Accommodation and food services .

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ZIP Codes in Chatham, NY

These ZIP codes sit in Columbia County, which covers 30 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Chatham. See the Columbia County roll-up →

Chatham lands mid-pack among the 12 cities sharing Columbia County: Valatie, Germantown and Ghent earn more and Hudson, Hillsdale and Kinderhook earn less. Copake marks the far end of that range at $128,750, 43% above Chatham.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
12037 4,015 $89,844 147 50
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Chatham 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 Chatham, .