{
  "zip": "12946",
  "type": "standard",
  "type_source": "inferred",
  "city": "Lake Placid",
  "other_place_names": [],
  "state": "NY",
  "state_name": "New York",
  "county": {
    "fips": "36031",
    "name": "Essex County",
    "short_name": "Essex"
  },
  "counties": [
    {
      "county_fips": "36031",
      "name": "Essex County",
      "short_name": "Essex",
      "weight": 1,
      "basis": "land_area"
    }
  ],
  "location": {
    "lat": 44.206567,
    "lng": -74.046051,
    "source": "gazetteer_internal_point",
    "timezone": "America/New_York"
  },
  "is_zcta": true,
  "parent_zcta": null,
  "metro": null,
  "demographics": {
    "population": 4872,
    "households": 2589,
    "housing_units": 4049,
    "median_age": 45.2,
    "median_household_income": 77548,
    "median_home_value": 467000,
    "median_rent": 1131,
    "pct_bachelors_plus": 47.6,
    "mean_commute_min": 13.9,
    "density_per_sqmi": 35.5
  },
  "business": {
    "establishments": 341,
    "employees": 3133,
    "annual_payroll_thousands": 143498
  },
  "tax": {
    "irs_returns": 2770,
    "irs_agi_thousands": 268661
  },
  "area": {
    "land_sqmi": 137.17,
    "water_sqmi": 4.106
  },
  "nearest_zips": [
    {
      "zip": "12977",
      "miles": 6.7,
      "city": "Ray Brook",
      "state": "NY"
    },
    {
      "zip": "12943",
      "miles": 9.9,
      "city": "Keene Valley",
      "state": "NY"
    },
    {
      "zip": "12983",
      "miles": 10.9,
      "city": "Saranac Lake",
      "state": "NY"
    },
    {
      "zip": "12945",
      "miles": 11.9,
      "city": "Lake Clear",
      "state": "NY"
    },
    {
      "zip": "12942",
      "miles": 12.9,
      "city": "Keene",
      "state": "NY"
    },
    {
      "zip": "12997",
      "miles": 13.8,
      "city": "Wilmington",
      "state": "NY"
    },
    {
      "zip": "12913",
      "miles": 15.6,
      "city": "Bloomingdale",
      "state": "NY"
    },
    {
      "zip": "12852",
      "miles": 15.7,
      "city": "Newcomb",
      "state": "NY"
    },
    {
      "zip": "12939",
      "miles": 16.6,
      "city": "Gabriels",
      "state": "NY"
    },
    {
      "zip": "12879",
      "miles": 17.4,
      "city": "Newcomb",
      "state": "NY"
    }
  ],
  "release": "2026-10-12",
  "attribution": {
    "source": "zipcodes.pro",
    "url": "https://zipcodes.pro/zip/12946",
    "sources_url": "https://zipcodes.pro/sources",
    "license": "Facts derived from US public-domain data (Census, IRS) and GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Attribution appreciated: zipcodes.pro",
    "note": "A null value means the source did not publish that figure for this ZIP code. It does not mean zero."
  }
}