PlainZIP

Port Henry, NY

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Port Henry, NY: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,599. 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 PORT-HENRY-NY · Port Henry, NY 1 ZIPs · 1,599 pop · #22533/25278 · Essex County

INC-MID · RANK-BOTTOM · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-MID $47,278
  • RANK-BOTTOM #22533/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Elizabethtown
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 71% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 1,599
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $161,400

Nearest income peer: Elizabethtown, NY (+ $9,493 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 Port Henry

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Port Henry 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, Port Henry, NY sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

11th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
1,599
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$47,278
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.

Lower-income footing on only 1 ZIP ($47,278 average) · poverty 30.9%. The primary code (12974) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (71.4%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Port Henry as a pure owner town.

Within New York, Prospect is the closest lower-income city and Delevan the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Port Henry.

Population concentration

Port Henry reads through its lone ZIP, 12974

1,599 ACS residents, one ZIP: 12974 is not the leading code inside Port Henry, 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 Port Henry's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 45 establishments, 413 employees , annual payroll $17,010k (~28 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 12974 (45 units) ; leading NAICS Health care and social assistance (18) · also Retail trade · Accommodation and food services .

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ZIP Codes in Port Henry, NY

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

Every one of the 11 cities sharing Essex County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Port Henry, Lake Placid, Ticonderoga and Keeseville among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Crown Point marks the far end of that range at $82,813, 75% above Port Henry.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
12974 1,599 $47,278 45 77
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Port Henry 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 Port Henry, .