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12778 ZIP Code

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ZIP code 12778 covers Smallwood, New York.

Median age
61.322.6 points above the US average
Poverty rate
37.1%24.7 points above the US average
Median home value
$179,50055% below the New York median
Degree or higher
29.1%5.9 points below the US average
Homeownership
80.6%15.6 points above the US average
Time zone
Eastern UTC-05:00observes daylight saving time
Businesses
7

Where 12778 is

Smallwood, New York — the area the Census Bureau draws for this ZIP code. ZIP codes are sets of delivery routes rather than areas, so this is the Census approximation of one, not a Postal Service boundary.

People and households

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Median age61.3
Family households68.2%
Born outside the US28.1%
Speaks a language other than English at home16.7%
White (non-Hispanic)97.6%
Black (non-Hispanic)0%
Asian (non-Hispanic)0%
Hispanic or Latino0%
Veterans18.8%
Population by age
MaleFemale0-45-910-1415-1920-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465-7475-8485+
Income and poverty

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Poverty rate37.1%
Households on SNAP or cash assistance6%

Household income distribution

Under $10k19.4%
$10–15k5.1%
$15–20k5.1%
$20–25k6.0%
$25–30k0.0%
$30–35k0.0%
$35–40k0.0%
$40–45k0.0%
$45–50k0.0%
$50–60k0.0%
$60–75k25.8%
$75–100k16.6%
$100–125k0.0%
$125–150k0.0%
$150–200k12.4%
$200k or more9.7%

Income as declared to the IRS

Filed returns rather than survey responses, so this counts tax units and not households.

Tax returns filed400
Mean adjusted gross income$74,570
Returns declaring $200,000 or more7.5%
Returns, under $25k22.5%
Returns, $25k–$50k22.5%
Returns, $50k–$75k17.5%
Returns, $75k–$100k12.5%
Returns, $100k–$200k17.5%
Returns, $200k or more7.5%
Housing

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Median home value$179,500
Owner-occupied80.6%
Vacant homes75.3%
Median year built1945

What the homes are

Detached house98.7%
Mobile home1.3%
Work, commuting and education

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Unemployment rate0%
Bachelor's degree or higher29.1%
High school diploma or higher93.5%
Works from home0%
Drives to work alone100%
Takes public transport0%
Commutes 45 minutes or more70.5%
Health

CDC PLACES 2025 release, model-based estimates. These are modelled small-area estimates for adults, not counts of diagnosed cases.

Obesity28.3% 5.1 pts below the national average of 33.4%
Diagnosed diabetes11.5% 0.5 pts below the national average of 12%
Currently smokes10.6% 2.6 pts below the national average of 13.2%
High blood pressure37.2% 3.1 pts above the national average of 34.1%
Fair or poor general health15.8% 4.5 pts below the national average of 20.3%
No health insurance (18–64)5% 6.3 pts below the national average of 11.3%
Depression18.5% 3.4 pts below the national average of 21.9%
No leisure-time physical activity23.7% 1.7 pts below the national average of 25.4%
Arthritis31.4% 6.3 pts above the national average of 25.1%
Binge drinking14.8% 1.2 pts below the national average of 16%
Taking blood pressure medication81% 6.3 pts above the national average of 74.7%
Cancer (non-skin)11.9% 4.2 pts above the national average of 7.7%
Current asthma10.2% same as the national average of 10.4%
Coronary heart disease7.5% 1.3 pts above the national average of 6.2%
Routine check-up in past year83.2% 6.5 pts above the national average of 76.7%
Cholesterol screening92.4% 6.5 pts above the national average of 85.9%
Cognitive disability10.1% 4.7 pts below the national average of 14.8%
Colorectal screening73.1% 8.8 pts above the national average of 64.3%
COPD6.9% same as the national average of 6.6%
Visited a dentist68.8% 7.5 pts above the national average of 61.3%
Any disability26.5% 4.2 pts below the national average of 30.7%
Lacks emotional support20.3% 4.5 pts below the national average of 24.8%
Food insecurity9.6% 7.5 pts below the national average of 17.1%
Received food stamps8% 6.3 pts below the national average of 14.3%
Hearing disability7.1% same as the national average of 6.7%
High cholesterol41% 4.8 pts above the national average of 36.2%
Housing insecurity8.3% 5.5 pts below the national average of 13.8%
Independent living disability6.6% 1.8 pts below the national average of 8.4%
Lacks transport5.4% 3.8 pts below the national average of 9.2%
Loneliness27.9% 6.5 pts below the national average of 34.4%
Mammography use77.4% 1.5 pts above the national average of 75.9%
Poor mental health (14+ days)13% 3.8 pts below the national average of 16.8%
Mobility disability13.6% same as the national average of 14%
Poor physical health (14+ days)13.1% same as the national average of 13.5%
Self-care disability3.4% 0.6 pts below the national average of 4%
Utility shut-off threat5% 3.8 pts below the national average of 8.8%
Sleeps under 7 hours37.7% 1.3 pts above the national average of 36.4%
Stroke3.6% same as the national average of 3.4%
All natural teeth lost9% 4 pts below the national average of 13%
Vision disability4.1% 1.5 pts below the national average of 5.6%
Business and employment

Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2022

Business establishments7
People employed15
Annual payroll$590,000
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Natural hazard risk

FEMA National Risk Index, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data — the NRI is not published per ZIP.

Overall riskHigher than 45.6% of US census tracts
FEMA ratingRelatively Low
Expected annual loss37 out of 100
Community resilience42.6 out of 100

By hazard

Score is out of 100 and is the area-weighted average across the census tracts this ZIP code covers. The rating beside it is the highest any one of those tracts carries.

Landslide86.9Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Hurricane73.4Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
River flooding70.6Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Cold wave70.5Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Lightning68.9Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Strong wind66Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Hail61.3Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Winter weather59.3Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Wildfire58.6Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado57.4Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Earthquake51Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Ice storm43.4Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Heat wave10.4Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Compared with New York and the United States

State and national columns are figures for those areas, not for this ZIP code. American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

This ZIPNew YorkUnited States
Median household income$84,578$78,538
Income per person$49,520$43,289
Poverty rate37.1%13.7%12.4%
Median home value$179,500$403,000$303,400
Median gross rent$1,576$1,348
Homeownership80.6%54.3%65%
Bachelor's degree or higher29.1%39.6%35%
Unemployment rate0%6.2%5.2%
Works from home0%13.3%13.5%
Born outside the US28.1%22.6%13.9%
Median age61.339.638.7
Climate

NOAA US Climate Normals 1991-2020, from the nearest weather station with a full year of records. The station and its distance are named above, because a station forty kilometres away describes somewhere else.

Weather stationLIBERTY 1 NE, NY US16.9 km away
Rain in a year53 in
Snow in a year70 in

Average high and low by month

January30.4°F / 13.2°F3.68 in rain, 16.6 in snow
February33.2°F / 14.2°F2.78 in rain, 17.4 in snow
March41.3°F / 21.5°F3.91 in rain, 12.8 in snow
April54.6°F / 32.3°F4.19 in rain, 3.3 in snow
May65.7°F / 42.7°F4.74 in rain
June73.7°F / 52.1°F5.22 in rain
July78.9°F / 57.1°F4.74 in rain
August77.1°F / 54.9°F5.32 in rain
September70.1°F / 48.3°F5.17 in rain
October58.3°F / 37.4°F4.75 in rain, 0.3 in snow
November46.7°F / 28.2°F3.85 in rain, 4.2 in snow
December35.2°F / 19.8°F4.73 in rain, 15.3 in snow
Access to food

USDA Food Access Research Atlas, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Each figure is the share of the ZIP code's land area that falls in a tract carrying that flag.

Low income and far from a supermarketNone of this ZIP code
Far from a supermarketNone of this ZIP code
No vehicle and far from a supermarketNone of this ZIP code
School districts

NCES Geographic Relationship File 2025, which states the association between each district and each ZIP code tabulation area directly. Elementary and secondary districts can cover the same ground, so shares need not total 100%.

Monticello Central School District100% of this ZIP code's land area
Community and walkability

CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index 2022 and the EPA National Walkability Index, both estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Vulnerability figures are national percentile ranks, not measurements.

Overall social vulnerability48more vulnerable than 48% of US census tracts
Socioeconomic status26more vulnerable than 26% of US census tracts
Household characteristics87more vulnerable than 87% of US census tracts
Racial and ethnic minority status20more vulnerable than 20% of US census tracts
Housing type and transport59more vulnerable than 59% of US census tracts
Walkability5.8 out of 20Below average
Nearby ZIP codes

The closest ZIP codes by centre point, which is not the same as sharing a border.

12762 Mongaup Valley, NY2.5 km away
12749 Kauneonga Lake, NY3.2 km away
12786 White Lake, NY4.2 km away
12720 Bethel, NY6.4 km away
12783 Swan Lake, NY7.6 km away
12742 Harris, NY9.6 km away
12701 Monticello, NY9.8 km away
12734 Ferndale, NY10.7 km away
Location, counties and time zone

County shares from Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files. Time zone from the USDOT National Transportation Atlas, which renders the boundaries written into 49 CFR Part 71.

Sullivan County100% of this ZIP code's land area
Time zoneEastern (UTC-05:00 standard)
Daylight saving timeObserved
Land area1.72 sq mi
Water area0.11 sq mi
Latitude, longitude41.6615, -74.8178

Figures are published for this ZIP code or its Census tabulation area unless a section says otherwise. Estimates whose margin of error made them unreliable are omitted rather than shown. Sources: US Census Bureau, CDC, IRS.

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