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/12547

12547

ZIP 12547 is Milton, New York, in Ulster County; area code 845; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Ulster
Metro area
Kingston, NY
Population
3,144
Coordinates
41.6607, -73.9866
☼ Live from 12547 — Milton, NY

Weather right now

Asking the National Weather Service…

NEXRAD radar
Finding the nearest radar…
Local time: —

Where 12547 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 12547
  • 🔢 Type 12547 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LhSZI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ 12547 is a prime number. It cannot be divided by anything except 1 and itself. Its digits add up to 19, a total 2,454 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 11000100000011
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 12546 (Millerton, NY, 31 mi away) and 12548 (Modena, NY, 6 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 12547 becomes 74521 — and that is a real ZIP code: Albion, OK, 1,241 miles away.
  • 👥 63 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12457, 12475, 12574, 12745, 12754, 14527, …). The farthest-flung twin is 75241 in Dallas, TX, 1,394 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 72% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 90%.
  • 🎯1,289 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 12547 and you would come out at 41.66°S, 106.01°E — 863 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 12m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 09m.
  • 📏 At 9.2 square miles of land, 12547 is bigger than 26% of ZIP codes — room for about 7.0 Central Parks.
🌙 The sky over 12547 today
  • Working out the sun…
🌋 Shake report
  • Checking the USGS…

Source: USGS.

People and housing

Population3,144This ZIP3,144
Households1,328This ZIP1,328
Housing units1,351This ZIP1,351
Median age44.9This ZIP44.9New York39.8US 38.9
Median household income$88,778This ZIP$88,778New York$85,974US $80,734
Median home value$377,200This ZIP$377,200New York$423,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,909This ZIP$1,909New York$1,621US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher36.2%This ZIP36.2%
Mean commute30.3 minThis ZIP30.3 min
Population density340.2 / sq miThis ZIP340.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments69This ZIP69
Employees732This ZIP732
Annual payroll$38,423,000This ZIP$38,423,000
Tax returns filed1,610This ZIP1,610
Total adjusted gross income$138,547,000This ZIP$138,547,000

Land area

Land area9.24 sq miThis ZIP9.24 sq mi
Water area0.17 sq miThis ZIP0.17 sq mi

Other place names in 12547

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

ZIP codes near 12547

ZIPCityDistance
12542 Marlboro, NY 3.6 mi
12528 Highland, NY 3.7 mi
12515 Clintondale, NY 4.3 mi
12568 Plattekill, NY 4.9 mi
12601 Poughkeepsie, NY 5.1 mi
12604 Poughkeepsie, NY 5.1 mi
12548 Modena, NY 5.9 mi
12537 Hughsonville, NY 6.0 mi
12603 Poughkeepsie, NY 6.4 mi
12590 Wappingers Falls, NY 6.7 mi

Find every ZIP code within 10 miles of 12547 →

Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 12547?

12547 is in Milton, New York, in Ulster County, part of the Kingston, NY metropolitan area. Its published point location is 41.6607, -73.9866.

What county is 12547 in?

12547 lies in Ulster County.

What area code is 12547?

Milton uses area code 845, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 12547 in?

12547 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 12547?

About 3,144 people live in ZIP code 12547, in 1,328 households, at 340.2 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 12547?

$88,778 a year, against $85,974 across New York.

What ZIP codes are near 12547?

The closest are 12542 (3.6 mi), 12528 (3.7 mi), 12515 (4.3 mi), 12568 (4.9 mi) and 12601 (5.1 mi).

Is 12547 a PO Box ZIP code?

12547 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

Download or cite

Cite this page

zipcodes.pro. “12547 ZIP Code — Milton, New York (Ulster County).” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/zip/12547

Machine-readable version of these facts:

curl https://zipcodes.pro/zip/12547.json

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