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Valley Falls, NY

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Valley Falls, NY: 1 USPS ZIP, population 2,037. 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 VALLEY-FALLS-NY · Valley Falls, NY 1 ZIPs · 2,037 pop · #3002/25278 · Rensselaer County

INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-TOP $110,625
  • RANK-TOP #3002/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ West Sand Lake
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 82% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 2,037
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $210,900

Nearest income peer: West Sand Lake, NY (+ $264 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 Valley Falls

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Valley Falls 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, Valley Falls, NY sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 12%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
2,037
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$110,625
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 $110,625 and home value $210,900 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 27.3%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (82.3%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Valley Falls as a pure owner town.

Within New York, Gardiner is the closest lower-income city and Mastic Beach the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Valley Falls.

Population concentration

One ZIP, 12185, is all of Valley Falls

There is no split to weigh here: 12185 holds every one of Valley Falls's 2,037 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 Valley Falls

Citywide ZBP: 17 establishments, 53 employees , annual payroll $2,714k (~8 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 12185 (17 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (7) .

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ZIP Codes in Valley Falls, NY

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

Valley Falls sits in the upper half of Rensselaer County on income: Troy, Rensselaer and Castleton On Hudson report less, while Averill Park reports more. Troy marks the far end of that range at $66,418, 40% below Valley Falls.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
12185 2,037 $110,625 17 32
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Valley Falls 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 Valley Falls, .