PlainZIP

Germantown, NY

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Germantown, NY: 1 USPS ZIP, population 3,686. 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 GERMANTOWN-NY · Germantown, NY 1 ZIPs · 3,686 pop · #4840/25278 · Columbia County

INC-HIGH · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-HIGH

  • INC-HIGH $97,679
  • RANK-TOP #4840/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Ghent
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 80% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 3,686
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-HIGH $485,000

Nearest income peer: Ghent, NY (+ $368 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 Germantown

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

Top 19%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
3,686
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$97,679
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 $97,679 and home value $485,000 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 46.8%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (80.1%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Germantown as a pure owner town.

Within New York, Mastic is the closest lower-income city and Bloomington the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Germantown.

Population concentration

Germantown reads through its lone ZIP, 12526

3,686 ACS residents, one ZIP: 12526 is not the leading code inside Germantown, 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 Germantown's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 110 establishments, 558 employees , annual payroll $28,916k (~30 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 12526 (110 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (21) · also Retail trade · Professional, scientific, and technical services .

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ZIP Codes in Germantown, NY

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

Germantown sits in the upper half of Columbia County on income: Hudson, Chatham and Hillsdale report less, while Copake and East Chatham report more. Elizaville marks the far end of that range at $54,235, 44% below Germantown.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
12526 3,686 $97,679 110 44
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Germantown 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 Germantown, .