PlainZIP

Rouses Point, NY

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Rouses Point, NY: 1 USPS ZIP, population 2,304. 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 ROUSES-POINT-NY · Rouses Point, NY 1 ZIPs · 2,304 pop · #22917/25278 · Clinton County

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

  • INC-MID $45,850
  • RANK-BOTTOM #22917/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Altona
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-LOW 60% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 2,304
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $190,900

Nearest income peer: Altona, NY (+ $7,171 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 Rouses Point

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Rouses Point 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, Rouses Point, 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.

9th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
2,304
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$45,850
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 ($45,850 average) · poverty 12.0%. The primary code (12979) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (59.8%) for this income tier, rent $737 may matter more than the home-value average.

Within New York, Sylvan Beach is the closest lower-income city and Calcium the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Rouses Point.

Population concentration

Rouses Point reads through its lone ZIP, 12979

2,304 ACS residents, one ZIP: 12979 is not the leading code inside Rouses Point, 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 Rouses Point's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 49 establishments, 499 employees , annual payroll $19,958k (~21 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 12979 (49 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (9) · also Accommodation and food services · Manufacturing .

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ZIP Codes in Rouses Point, NY

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

Every one of the 11 cities sharing Clinton County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Rouses Point, Plattsburgh, Peru and Morrisonville among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Peru marks the far end of that range at $125,373, 173% above Rouses Point.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
12979 2,304 $45,850 49 262
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Rouses Point 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 Rouses Point, .