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Albany County, NY ZIP Codes

Albany County, New York has 87 ZIP codes (Census 2020 ZCTA-county file; GeoNames postal codes, October 2026): 46 residential and 41 for PO boxes or a single organization. 39 of the residential ones lie mainly in Albany County and 7 mainly in a neighboring county; 14 cross the county line. Median household income ranges from $41,548 in 12206 to $156,605 in 12211 (Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024).

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA cartographic boundaries; ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B19013).

How different are its ZIP codes?

12206 · $42k12211 · $157k

The middle half of its ranked ZIP codes (1,000+ people living in households) report median household incomes between $69,235 and $112,446.

They carry 32 postal town names.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B19013).

All 46 residential ZIP codes in Albany County

39 ZIP codes lie mainly in Albany County; 7 more reach into it from a neighboring county and follow the first table.

Residential ZIP codes mainly in Albany County, largest first; "In this county" is the share of the ZIP's land in the county
						In this county
12203	Albany	30,771	2,949	$83k	$280k	100%
12303	Schenectady	29,360	1,886	$84k	$238k	71%
12205	Albany	25,838	1,681	$91k	$277k	100%
12047	Cohoes	23,532	2,662	$66k	$247k	100%
12208	Albany	23,289	5,289	$70k	$265k	100%
12110	Latham	20,081	1,400	$105k	$340k	100%
12189	Watervliet	18,656	2,999	$65k	$221k	100%
12054	Delmar	17,436	1,128	$130k	$355k	100%
12206	Albany	14,572	7,029	$42k	$162k	100%
12211	Albany	14,383	1,772	$157k	$399k	100%
12209	Albany	10,626	4,799	$89k	$217k	100%
12210	Albany	10,297	9,096	$56k	$228k	100%
12202	Albany	10,166	5,065	$53k	$166k	100%
12159	Slingerlands	8,163	540	$128k	$450k	100%
12009	Altamont	7,934	151	$120k	$343k	100%
12204	Albany	7,812	1,888	$75k	$245k	100%
12077	Glenmont	7,017	694	$118k	$402k	100%
12222	Albany	6,889	10,282	–	–	100%
12186	Voorheesville	6,512	197	$112k	$360k	100%
12158	Selkirk	5,878	200	$97k	$315k	100%
12143	Ravena	5,664	297	$95k	$234k	89%
12084	Guilderland	5,328	1,398	$91k	$349k	100%
12183	Troy	2,970	3,965	$59k	$138k	100%
12207	Albany	1,988	2,016	$59k	$232k	100%
12023	Berne	1,791	30	$113k	$302k	76%
12193	Westerlo	1,746	46	$108k	$308k	100%
12059	East Berne	1,530	67	$107k	$340k	100%
12067	Feura Bush	1,165	60	$126k	$391k	100%
12469	Preston Hollow	798	24	$100k	$229k	60%
12120	Medusa	600	41	$79k	$310k	95%
12041	Clarksville	468	239	$122k	$250k	100%
12147	Rensselaerville	466	24	$86k	$243k	100%
12046	Coeymans Hollow	358	24	$81k	$268k	96%
12085	Guilderland Center	357	533	–	$233k	100%
12007	Alcove	331	66	$200k	$387k	100%
12045	Coeymans	207	168	–	–	100%
12460	Oak Hill	152	25	$110k	$343k	65%
12161	South Bethlehem	99	1,000	$124k	–	100%
12226	Albany	no residents	0	–	–	100%

Partly in Albany County

Residential ZIP codes mainly in another county that reach at least 1% into Albany County, by their share here
						In this county
12083	Greenville	3,844	88	$84k	$309k	48%
12304	Schenectady	22,403	3,362	$69k	$179k	34%
12309	Schenectady	33,246	1,893	$125k	$331k	19%
12053	Delanson	4,550	81	$92k	$267k	17%
12122	Middleburgh	3,596	35	$56k	$174k	9%
12087	Hannacroix	1,584	79	$92k	$241k	8%
12306	Schenectady	27,865	634	$83k	$223k	4%

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates; county shares by land area (Census 2020 ZCTA-county relationship file).

Which ZIP codes cross the county line?

14 ZIP codes of Albany County extend into another county. A ZIP code follows mail routes, not county borders.

Share of each ZIP code's land in Albany County and in the neighboring counties
ZIP	In Albany	Elsewhere
12309	19%	Schenectady County82%
12303	71%	Schenectady County29%
12306	4%	Schenectady County96%
12304	34%	Schenectady County66%
12143	89%	Greene County11%
12053	17%	Schenectady County68%; Schoharie County13%; Montgomery County2%
12083	48%	Greene County52%
12122	9%	Schoharie County92%
12023	76%	Schoharie County24%
12087	8%	Greene County92%
12469	60%	Schoharie County35%; Greene County5%
12120	95%	Greene County5%
12046	96%	Greene County4%
12460	65%	Greene County35%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA-county relationship file (shares of land area).

PO Box and single-organization ZIP codes

ZIP codes in Albany County without a residential area (GeoNames postal codes)
ZIP	Postal name
12055	Dormansville
12107	Knox
12128	Newtonville
12201	Albany
12212	Albany
12214	Albany
12220	Albany
12223	Albany
12224	Albany
12225	Albany
12227	Albany
12228	Albany
12229	Albany
12230	Albany
12231	Albany
12232	Albany
12233	Albany
12234	Albany
12235	Albany
12236	Albany
12237	Albany
12238	Albany
12239	Albany
12240	Albany
12241	Albany
12242	Albany
12243	Albany
12244	Albany
12245	Albany
12246	Albany
12247	Albany
12248	Albany
12249	Albany
12250	Albany
12252	Albany
12255	Albany
12256	Albany
12257	Albany
12260	Albany
12261	Albany
12288	Albany

Source: GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).

Which first three digits do Albany County's ZIP codes use?

The first three digits of a ZIP code name the sectional center, the mail processing plant that sorts it. Albany County's ZIP codes use 5 prefixes: 120, 121, 122, 123 and 124.

Three-digit prefixes of Albany County's ZIP codes, the sectional center for each (USPS labeling list L005, effective October 1, 2026) and how many of the prefix's codes are Albany County's
Prefix	Sectional center	Here	All codes
120	Albany, NY (SCF 120)	17	71
121	Albany, NY (SCF 120)	14	73
122	Albany, NY (SCF 120)	50	50
123	Albany, NY (SCF 120)	4	11
124	Mid-Hudson, NY (SCF 125)	2	83

Source: U.S. Postal Service, labeling list L005 (3-digit ZIP Code prefix groups, SCF sortation), effective October 1, 2026.

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