Which ZIP code in Albany has the highest median age?

12205 (Albany), at 43.6 (±2.1), among 11 ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents.

Why are some ZIP codes missing?

ZIP codes with fewer than 1,000 residents are left out because their survey estimates swing too much to rank, and so are ZIP codes where the Census Bureau did not publish this figure.

Oldest ZIP codes in Albany, NY

These are the 11 ZIP codes in Albany, NY with the highest median age, out of 11 with at least 1,000 residents. 12205 (Albany, 43.6), 12210 (Albany, 37.4) and 12211 (Albany, 36.0) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Albany; the right one depends on who you want to reach, so the same ZIP codes are ranked several ways below.

Oldest ZIP codes in Albany

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Median age	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	12205	Albany	43.6 ±2.1	25,838	11,574	12,209
2	12210	Albany	37.4 ±3.4	10,297	5,836	5,733
3	12211	Albany	36.0 ±2.5	14,383	4,328	4,592
4	12204	Albany	35.8 ±5.2	7,812	3,616	4,138
5	12209	Albany	35.1 ±2.2	10,626	4,323	4,348
6	12203	Albany	34.5 ±2.2	30,771	13,810	13,840
7	12208	Albany	33.1 ±2.4	23,289	10,584	10,405
8	12202	Albany	32.9 ±3.7	10,166	4,727	4,328
9	12206	Albany	32.0 ±2.0	14,572	6,522	7,373
10	12207	Albany	32.0 ±3.9	1,988	1,379	2,236
11	12222	Albany	20.1 ±0.2	6,889	97	—

How we ranked them

Ranked by median age of all residents, highest first (ACS 5-year estimates, 2020–2024). ZIP codes need at least 1,000 residents to be ranked; 11 of 12 qualify.

Which of these to mail, and why

Older ZIP codes respond to health care, hearing and vision, Medicare plans, home safety, estate planning and services that come to the door.

The top five ZIP codes on this list hold 29,677 households, on 59 carrier routes with 31,020 residential mailboxes. Open any of them on the route map to see each carrier route's own figures before you choose.

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Frequently asked questions

Which ZIP code in Albany has the highest median age?: 12205 (Albany), at 43.6 (±2.1), among 11 ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents.
How is this ranking calculated?: Ranked by median age of all residents, highest first (ACS 5-year estimates, 2020–2024).
Why are some ZIP codes missing?: ZIP codes with fewer than 1,000 residents are left out because their survey estimates swing too much to rank, and so are ZIP codes where the Census Bureau did not publish this figure.

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