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/12850

12850

ZIP 12850 is Middle Grove, New York, in Saratoga County; area codes 518 and 838; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Saratoga
Population
2,537
Coordinates
43.1026, -73.9814
☼ Live from 12850 — Middle Grove, NY

Weather right now

Asking the National Weather Service…

NEXRAD radar
Finding the nearest radar…
Local time: —

Where 12850 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 12850
  • 🔢 Type 12850 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OSBZI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 12,850 = 2 × 5 × 5 × 257. Its digits add up to 16, a total 1,922 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 11001000110010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 12849 (Middle Granville, NY, 42 mi away) and 12851 (Minerva, NY, 52 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 12850 becomes 05821 — and that is a real ZIP code: Barnet, VT, 126 miles away.
  • 👥 65 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01258, 01825, 01852, 02185, 02815, 05821, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85012 in Phoenix, AZ, 2,148 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 83% 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 12850 and you would come out at 43.10°S, 106.02°E — 939 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 22m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 59m.
  • 📏 At 40.7 square miles of land, 12850 is bigger than 54% of ZIP codes — room for about 31 Central Parks.
🌙 The sky over 12850 today
  • Working out the sun…
🌋 Shake report
  • Checking the USGS…

Source: USGS.

People and housing

Population2,537This ZIP2,537
Households1,087This ZIP1,087
Housing units1,355This ZIP1,355
Median age49.5This ZIP49.5New York39.8US 38.9
Median household income$92,083This ZIP$92,083New York$85,974US $80,734
Median home value$317,300This ZIP$317,300New York$423,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$946This ZIP$946New York$1,621US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher36.7%This ZIP36.7%
Mean commute30.6 minThis ZIP30.6 min
Population density62.3 / sq miThis ZIP62.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments45This ZIP45
Employees225This ZIP225
Annual payroll$11,075,000This ZIP$11,075,000
Tax returns filed1,440This ZIP1,440
Total adjusted gross income$131,865,000This ZIP$131,865,000

Land area

Land area40.72 sq miThis ZIP40.72 sq mi
Water area0.39 sq miThis ZIP0.39 sq mi

ZIP codes near 12850

ZIPCityDistance
12863 Rock City Falls, NY 3.9 mi
12074 Galway, NY 5.1 mi
12859 Porter Corners, NY 5.3 mi
12025 Broadalbin, NY 7.1 mi
12833 Greenfield Center, NY 7.8 mi
12020 Ballston Spa, NY 9.0 mi
12822 Corinth, NY 9.2 mi
12086 Hagaman, NY 9.8 mi
12866 Saratoga Springs, NY 12.3 mi
12019 Ballston Lake, NY 12.7 mi

Find every ZIP code within 10 miles of 12850 →

Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 12850?

12850 is in Middle Grove, New York, in Saratoga County, part of the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY metropolitan area. Its published point location is 43.1026, -73.9814.

What county is 12850 in?

12850 lies in Saratoga County.

What area code is 12850?

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

What time zone is 12850 in?

12850 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 12850?

About 2,537 people live in ZIP code 12850, in 1,087 households, at 62.3 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 12850?

$92,083 a year, against $85,974 across New York.

What ZIP codes are near 12850?

The closest are 12863 (3.9 mi), 12074 (5.1 mi), 12859 (5.3 mi), 12025 (7.1 mi) and 12833 (7.8 mi).

Is 12850 a PO Box ZIP code?

12850 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

Download or cite

Cite this page

zipcodes.pro. “12850 ZIP Code — Middle Grove, New York (Saratoga County).” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/zip/12850

Machine-readable version of these facts:

curl https://zipcodes.pro/zip/12850.json

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