PlainZIP

Peru, NY

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Peru, NY: 1 USPS ZIP, population 6,364. 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 PERU-NY · Peru, NY 1 ZIPs · 6,364 pop · #1818/25278 · Clinton County

INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-TOP $125,373
  • RANK-TOP #1818/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Chazy
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 85% owners
  • POP-TOWN 6,364
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $201,700

Nearest income peer: Chazy, NY ( $24,071 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 Peru

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

Top 7%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
6,364
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$125,373
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 $125,373 and home value $201,700 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 34.1%.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (85.4%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within New York, Westhampton Beach is the closest lower-income city and Feura Bush the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Peru.

Population concentration

Peru reads through its lone ZIP, 12972

6,364 ACS residents, one ZIP: 12972 is not the leading code inside Peru, 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

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Peru

Citywide ZBP: 79 establishments, 523 employees , annual payroll $19,312k (~12 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 12972 (79 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (13) · also Health care and social assistance · Accommodation and food services .

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ZIP Codes in Peru, NY

These ZIP codes sit in Clinton County, which covers 25 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Peru. See the Clinton County roll-up →

No other city sharing Clinton County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Peru. Plattsburgh, Morrisonville and West Chazy sit below it, so a household comparing this county on income alone starts here. Rouses Point marks the far end of that range at $45,850, 63% below Peru.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
12972 6,364 $125,373 79 30
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Peru 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 Peru, .