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12884

ZIP 12884 is Victory Mills, New York, in Saratoga County; area codes 518 and 838; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Saratoga
Population
538
Coordinates
43.0885, -73.5921
☼ Live from 12884 — Victory Mills, NY

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Where 12884 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 12884
  • 🔢 Type 12884 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hBBZI — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 12,884 = 2 × 2 × 3221. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 11001001010100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 12883 (Ticonderoga, NY, 52 mi away) and 12885 (Warrensburg, NY, 33 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 12884 becomes 48821 — and that is a real ZIP code: Dimondale, MI, 561 miles away.
  • 👥 21 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (12848, 14882, 18248, 18428, 18824, 18842, …). The farthest-flung twin is 84128 in West Valley City, UT, 1,967 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 83% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 92%.
  • 🎯1,308 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 12884 and you would come out at 43.09°S, 106.41°E — 926 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 22m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 59m.
  • 📏 At 0.443 square miles of land, 12884 is bigger than 5% of ZIP codes — about 214 football fields.
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People and housing

Population538This ZIP538
Households210This ZIP210
Housing units236This ZIP236
Median age34.0This ZIP34.0New York39.8US 38.9
Median household income$37,045This ZIP$37,045New York$85,974US $80,734
Median home value$148,200This ZIP$148,200New York$423,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$997This ZIP$997New York$1,621US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher9.6%This ZIP9.6%
Mean commute30.6 minThis ZIP30.6 min
Population density1,214.4 / sq miThis ZIP1,214.4 / sq mi

Land area

Land area0.44 sq miThis ZIP0.44 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 12884

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

ZIP codes near 12884

ZIPCityDistance
12871 Schuylerville, NY 0.6 mi
12848 Middle Falls, NY 3.5 mi
12834 Greenwich, NY 4.4 mi
12170 Stillwater, NY 7.1 mi
12866 Saratoga Springs, NY 7.5 mi
12831 Gansevoort, NY 8.9 mi
12154 Schaghticoke, NY 10.5 mi
12816 Cambridge, NY 11.0 mi
12823 Cossayuna, NY 11.2 mi
12828 Fort Edward, NY 11.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 12884?

12884 is in Victory Mills, New York, in Saratoga County, part of the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY metropolitan area. Its published point location is 43.0885, -73.5921.

What county is 12884 in?

12884 lies in Saratoga County.

What area code is 12884?

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

What time zone is 12884 in?

12884 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 12884?

About 538 people live in ZIP code 12884, in 210 households, at 1,214.4 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 12884?

$37,045 a year, against $85,974 across New York.

What ZIP codes are near 12884?

The closest are 12871 (0.6 mi), 12848 (3.5 mi), 12834 (4.4 mi), 12170 (7.1 mi) and 12866 (7.5 mi).

Is 12884 a PO Box ZIP code?

12884 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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