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Poestenkill, NY

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Poestenkill, NY: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,702. 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 POESTENKILL-NY · Poestenkill, NY 1 ZIPs · 1,702 pop · #1220/25278 · Rensselaer County

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

  • INC-TOP $138,393
  • RANK-TOP #1220/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Averill Park
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 97% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 1,702
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $301,600

Nearest income peer: Averill Park, NY ( $11,773 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 Poestenkill

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

Top 5%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
1,702
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$138,393
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 $138,393 and home value $301,600 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 51.4%.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (96.8%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

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

Population concentration

One ZIP, 12140, is all of Poestenkill

There is no split to weigh here: 12140 holds every one of Poestenkill's 1,702 ACS residents. City-level and ZIP-level numbers on this site are the same number twice, check the ZIP page for the income/tenure/commute breakdown.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Poestenkill

Citywide ZBP: 19 establishments, 178 employees , annual payroll $10,831k (~11 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 12140 (19 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (3) · also Retail trade · Other services (except public administration) .

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ZIP Codes in Poestenkill, NY

These ZIP codes sit in Rensselaer County, which covers 27 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Poestenkill. See the Rensselaer County roll-up →

No other city sharing Rensselaer County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Poestenkill. Troy, Rensselaer and East Greenbush sit below it, so a household comparing this county on income alone starts here. Troy marks the far end of that range at $66,418, 52% below Poestenkill.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
12140 1,702 $138,393 19 79
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Poestenkill 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 Poestenkill, .