PlainZIP

Lake Clear, NY

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Lake Clear, NY: 1 USPS ZIP, population 638. 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 LAKE-CLEAR-NY · Lake Clear, NY 1 ZIPs · 638 pop · #9168/25278 · Franklin County

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

  • INC-HIGH $80,227
  • RANK-UPPER #9168/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Chateaugay
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 93% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 638
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $278,100

Nearest income peer: Chateaugay, NY ( $454 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 Lake Clear

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

Top 36%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
638
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$80,227
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.

Above-median income on a short ZIP list (1) - lead code 12945 (638 residents). Household income $80,227 is the roll-up; open the ZIP for tenure and commute.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (92.9%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

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

Population concentration

Lake Clear reads through its lone ZIP, 12945

638 ACS residents, one ZIP: 12945 is not the leading code inside Lake Clear, 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 Lake Clear's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 13 establishments, 33 employees , annual payroll $1,307k (~20 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 12945 (13 units) ; leading NAICS Accommodation and food services (5) .

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ZIP Codes in Lake Clear, NY

These ZIP codes sit in Franklin County, which covers 20 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Lake Clear. See the Franklin County roll-up →

No other city sharing Franklin County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Lake Clear. Malone, Saranac Lake and Tupper Lake sit below it, so a household comparing this county on income alone starts here. Hogansburg marks the far end of that range at $52,309, 35% below Lake Clear.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
12945 638 $80,227 13 7
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Lake Clear 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 Lake Clear, .