Every ZIP code in the United States, with weather, radar, trivia and the numbers behind it. Five digits since 1963!

ZIP stands for Zone Improvement Plan. The codes went live on July 1, 1963.The lowest ZIP code is 00501 — the IRS in Holtsville, New York.The highest ZIP code is 99950, in Ketchikan, Alaska.Type 07734 into a calculator and turn it upside down: hELLO. It is Keansburg, New Jersey.12345 belongs to one company: General Electric in Schenectady, New York.The first digit is a region: 0 is New England and New Jersey, 9 is the West Coast, Alaska and Hawaii.Mr. ZIP, the cartoon mailman, was the mascot that sold the idea to America.ZIP+4 arrived in 1983 and can narrow a ZIP down to one side of one block.A ZIP code is a mail route, not a place: plenty of them cross county and even state lines.Play ZIP Hunt: guess the secret ZIP code of the day in six tries.
zipcodes.pro — ZIP/12078

12078

ZIP 12078 is Gloversville, New York, in Fulton County; area codes 518 and 838; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Fulton
Metro area
Gloversville, NY
Population
22,589
Coordinates
43.1344, -74.3396
☼ Live from 12078 — Gloversville, NY

Weather right now

Asking the National Weather Service…

NEXRAD radar
Finding the nearest radar…
Local time: —

Where 12078 is

Approximate ZIP boundary (Census ZCTA 2020). ZIP codes are mail routes, not areas, so the shape shown is the Census tabulation area that approximates it.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 12078
  • 🔢 Type 12078 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BLOZI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 12,078 = 2 × 3 × 3 × 11 × 61. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10111100101110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 12077 (Glenmont, NY, 47 mi away) and 12082 (Grafton, NY, 52 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 12078 becomes 87021 — and that is a real ZIP code: Milan, NM, 1,865 miles away.
  • 👥 67 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01827, 02187, 02718, 02817, 02871, 07821, …). The farthest-flung twin is 87021 in Milan, NM, 1,865 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 83% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 89%.
  • 🎯1,271 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 12078 and you would come out at 43.13°S, 105.66°E — 952 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 23m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 59m.
  • 📏 At 110.8 square miles of land, 12078 is bigger than 80% of ZIP codes — room for about 84 Central Parks.
🌙 The sky over 12078 today
  • Working out the sun…
🌋 Shake report
  • Checking the USGS…

Source: USGS.

People and housing

Population22,589This ZIP22,589
Households10,071This ZIP10,071
Housing units11,750This ZIP11,750
Median age40.7This ZIP40.7New York39.8US 38.9
Median household income$58,367This ZIP$58,367New York$85,974US $80,734
Median home value$136,100This ZIP$136,100New York$423,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$911This ZIP$911New York$1,621US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher18.6%This ZIP18.6%
Mean commute24.9 minThis ZIP24.9 min
Population density203.9 / sq miThis ZIP203.9 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments415This ZIP415
Employees5,256This ZIP5,256
Annual payroll$253,296,000This ZIP$253,296,000
Tax returns filed9,850This ZIP9,850
Total adjusted gross income$554,184,000This ZIP$554,184,000

Land area

Land area110.81 sq miThis ZIP110.81 sq mi
Water area3.66 sq miThis ZIP3.66 sq mi

Other place names in 12078

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 12078

ZIPCityDistance
12117 Mayfield, NY 4.6 mi
12095 Johnstown, NY 8.1 mi
12134 Northville, NY 10.5 mi
12070 Fort Johnson, NY 11.0 mi
12025 Broadalbin, NY 11.4 mi
12068 Fonda, NY 12.7 mi
12177 Tribes Hill, NY 13.0 mi
12069 Fort Hunter, NY 13.4 mi
12016 Auriesville, NY 14.2 mi
12086 Hagaman, NY 15.1 mi

Find every ZIP code within 10 miles of 12078 →

Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 12078?

12078 is in Gloversville, New York, in Fulton County, part of the Gloversville, NY micropolitan area. Its published point location is 43.1344, -74.3396.

What county is 12078 in?

12078 lies in Fulton County.

What area code is 12078?

Gloversville uses area codes 518 and 838, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 12078 in?

12078 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 12078?

About 22,589 people live in ZIP code 12078, in 10,071 households, at 203.9 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What is the median household income in 12078?

$58,367 a year, against $85,974 across New York.

What ZIP codes are near 12078?

The closest are 12117 (4.6 mi), 12095 (8.1 mi), 12134 (10.5 mi), 12070 (11 mi) and 12025 (11.4 mi).

Is 12078 a PO Box ZIP code?

12078 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

Download or cite

Cite this page

zipcodes.pro. “12078 ZIP Code — Gloversville, New York (Fulton County).” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/zip/12078

Machine-readable version of these facts:

curl https://zipcodes.pro/zip/12078.json

Underlying data is public domain or openly licensed — sources, vintages and licences.