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Upper Jay, NY

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Upper Jay, NY: 1 USPS ZIP, population 201. 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 UPPER-JAY-NY · Upper Jay, NY 1 ZIPs · 201 pop · #1714/25278 · Essex County

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

  • INC-TOP $127,083
  • RANK-TOP #1714/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Crown Point
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 94% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 201
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $250,000

Nearest income peer: Crown Point, NY ( $44,270 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 Upper Jay

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

Top 7%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
201
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$127,083
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 $127,083 and home value $250,000 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 61.0%.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (94.3%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within New York, Pine Island is the closest lower-income city and White Plains the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 5 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Upper Jay.

Population concentration

Upper Jay's single ZIP 12987 carries the town

Upper Jay is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 12987 is the entire residential footprint (201 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Upper Jay's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 9 establishments, 28 employees , annual payroll $1,207k (~45 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 12987 (9 units) ; leading NAICS Accommodation and food services (3) .

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ZIP Codes in Upper Jay, NY

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

No other city sharing Essex County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Upper Jay. Lake Placid, Ticonderoga and Keeseville sit below it, so a household comparing this county on income alone starts here. Port Henry marks the far end of that range at $47,278, 63% below Upper Jay.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
12987 201 $127,083 9 13
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Upper Jay 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 Upper Jay, .