Which ZIP code in Albany County has the highest median age?

12193 (Westerlo), at 53.8 (±9.9), among 32 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 County, NY

These are the 25 ZIP codes in Albany County with the highest median age, out of 32 with at least 1,000 residents. 12193 (Westerlo, 53.8), 12158 (Selkirk, 53.5) and 12159 (Slingerlands, 53.3) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Albany County; 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 County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Median age	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	12193	Westerlo	53.8 ±9.9	1,746	811	819
2	12158	Selkirk	53.5 ±2.6	5,878	2,752	2,789
3	12159	Slingerlands	53.3 ±3.1	8,163	3,581	3,837
4	12067	Feura Bush	51.4 ±3.7	1,165	477	592
5	12059	East Berne	50.1 ±3.3	1,530	694	713
6	12023	Berne	47.5 ±8.2	1,791	724	919
7	12053	Delanson	46.9 ±5.9	4,550	1,903	1,768
8	12143	Ravena	44.6 ±4.7	5,664	2,326	2,202
9	12009	Altamont	44.3 ±3.5	7,934	3,082	3,055
10	12083	Greenville	44.2 ±6.3	3,844	1,378	1,647
11	12205	Albany	43.6 ±2.1	25,838	11,574	12,209
12	12054	Delmar	43.4 ±2.2	17,436	7,192	7,585
13	12077	Glenmont	43.3 ±2.9	7,017	2,765	2,933
14	12186	Voorheesville	43.1 ±3.6	6,512	2,615	2,780
15	12309	Schenectady	41.3 ±1.1	33,246	12,767	12,981
16	12303	Schenectady	41.3 ±1.7	29,360	11,910	12,697
17	12189	Watervliet	41.2 ±3.1	18,656	8,731	8,879
18	12304	Schenectady	41.0 ±2.2	22,403	9,306	8,972
19	12110	Latham	39.7 ±2.4	20,081	8,300	8,875
20	12047	Cohoes	38.8 ±1.9	23,532	10,323	10,905
21	12210	Albany	37.4 ±3.4	10,297	5,836	5,733
22	12211	Albany	36.0 ±2.5	14,383	4,328	4,592
23	12204	Albany	35.8 ±5.2	7,812	3,616	4,138
24	12209	Albany	35.1 ±2.2	10,626	4,323	4,348
25	12203	Albany	34.5 ±2.2	30,771	13,810	13,840

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; 32 of 43 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 8,315 households, on 18 carrier routes with 8,750 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 County has the highest median age?: 12193 (Westerlo), at 53.8 (±9.9), among 32 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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