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12546

ZIP 12546 is Millerton, New York, mostly in Dutchess County; area codes 518 and 838; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Dutchess +1 more
Population
2,706
Coordinates
41.9480, -73.5236
☼ Live from 12546 — Millerton, NY

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Where 12546 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 12546
  • 🔢 Type 12546 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ghSZI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 12,546 = 2 × 3 × 3 × 17 × 41. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 11000100000010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 12545 (Millbrook, NY, 13 mi away) and 12547 (Milton, NY, 31 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 12546 becomes 64521, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 57 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12456, 12465, 12564, 14265, 14526, 14625, …). The farthest-flung twin is 56142 in Ivanhoe, MN, 1,153 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 75% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 92%.
  • 🎯1,312 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 12546 and you would come out at 41.95°S, 106.48°E — 862 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 14m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 07m.
  • 📏 At 45.4 square miles of land, 12546 is bigger than 57% of ZIP codes — room for about 34 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population2,706This ZIP2,706
Households1,149This ZIP1,149
Housing units1,523This ZIP1,523
Median age45.9This ZIP45.9New York39.8US 38.9
Median household income$84,455This ZIP$84,455New York$85,974US $80,734
Median home value$313,300This ZIP$313,300New York$423,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,420This ZIP$1,420New York$1,621US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher34.1%This ZIP34.1%
Mean commute24.3 minThis ZIP24.3 min
Population density59.6 / sq miThis ZIP59.6 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments116This ZIP116
Employees992This ZIP992
Annual payroll$61,402,000This ZIP$61,402,000
Tax returns filed1,480This ZIP1,480
Total adjusted gross income$159,483,000This ZIP$159,483,000

Land area

Land area45.39 sq miThis ZIP45.39 sq mi
Water area0.52 sq miThis ZIP0.52 sq mi

Counties 12546 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Dutchess County 78.9%
Columbia County 21.1%

Other place names in 12546

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ZIP codes near 12546

ZIPCityDistance
06039 Lakeville, CT 4.2 mi
06068 Salisbury, CT 6.6 mi
12503 Ancramdale, NY 6.7 mi
12501 Amenia, NY 6.8 mi
06069 Sharon, CT 7.1 mi
12567 Pine Plains, NY 7.2 mi
06079 Taconic, CT 9.2 mi
12581 Stanfordville, NY 9.6 mi
12506 Bangall, NY 10.0 mi
01258 South Egremont, MA 10.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 12546?

12546 is in Millerton, New York, in Dutchess County, part of the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.9480, -73.5236.

What county is 12546 in?

12546 spans 2 counties: Dutchess County and Columbia County. Most of it falls in Dutchess 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 12546?

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

What time zone is 12546 in?

12546 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 12546?

About 2,706 people live in ZIP code 12546, in 1,149 households, at 59.6 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 12546?

$84,455 a year, against $85,974 across New York.

What ZIP codes are near 12546?

The closest are 06039 (4.2 mi), 06068 (6.6 mi), 12503 (6.7 mi), 12501 (6.8 mi) and 06069 (7.1 mi).

Is 12546 a PO Box ZIP code?

12546 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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