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12156

ZIP 12156 is Schodack Landing, New York, mostly in Rensselaer County; area codes 518 and 838; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Rensselaer +1 more
Population
808
Coordinates
42.4835, -73.7473
☼ Live from 12156 — Schodack Landing, NY

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Where 12156 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 12156
  • 🔢 Type 12156 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gSIZI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 12,156 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 1013. Its digits add up to 15, a total 1,657 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10111101111100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 12155 (Schenevus, NY, 56 mi away) and 12157 (Schoharie, NY, 30 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 12156 becomes 65121, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 23 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (11256, 12165, 12516, 12561, 15126, 15216, …). The farthest-flung twin is 56211 in Beardsley, MN, 1,155 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 79% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 91%.
  • 🎯1,300 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 12156 and you would come out at 42.48°S, 106.25°E — 898 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 18m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 04m.
  • 📏 At 14.5 square miles of land, 12156 is bigger than 32% of ZIP codes — room for about 11 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population808This ZIP808
Households305This ZIP305
Housing units305This ZIP305
Median age30.3This ZIP30.3New York39.8US 38.9
Median household income$108,274This ZIP$108,274New York$85,974US $80,734
Median home value$242,000This ZIP$242,000New York$423,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,075This ZIP$1,075New York$1,621US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher30.8%This ZIP30.8%
Mean commute27.9 minThis ZIP27.9 min
Population density55.8 / sq miThis ZIP55.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments15This ZIP15
Employees1,115This ZIP1,115
Annual payroll$104,109,000This ZIP$104,109,000
Tax returns filed450This ZIP450
Total adjusted gross income$38,636,000This ZIP$38,636,000

Land area

Land area14.48 sq miThis ZIP14.48 sq mi
Water area0.80 sq miThis ZIP0.80 sq mi

Counties 12156 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Rensselaer County 71.0%
Columbia County 29.0%

ZIP codes near 12156

ZIPCityDistance
12045 Coeymans, NY 2.5 mi
12124 New Baltimore, NY 3.2 mi
12033 Castleton On Hudson, NY 4.2 mi
12158 Selkirk, NY 4.8 mi
12143 Ravena, NY 4.9 mi
12130 Niverville, NY 5.4 mi
12132 North Chatham, NY 5.9 mi
12173 Stuyvesant, NY 6.1 mi
12161 South Bethlehem, NY 6.1 mi
12184 Valatie, NY 6.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 12156?

12156 is in Schodack Landing, New York, in Rensselaer County, part of the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY metropolitan area. Its published point location is 42.4835, -73.7473.

What county is 12156 in?

12156 spans 2 counties: Rensselaer County and Columbia County. Most of it falls in Rensselaer County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 12156?

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

What time zone is 12156 in?

12156 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 12156?

About 808 people live in ZIP code 12156, in 305 households, at 55.8 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 12156?

$108,274 a year, against $85,974 across New York.

What ZIP codes are near 12156?

The closest are 12045 (2.5 mi), 12124 (3.2 mi), 12033 (4.2 mi), 12158 (4.8 mi) and 12143 (4.9 mi).

Is 12156 a PO Box ZIP code?

12156 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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