Which ZIP code in Columbia County has the fastest population growth?

12521 (Craryville), at 52.4%, among 19 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.

Fastest-growing ZIP codes in Columbia County, NY

These are the 19 ZIP codes in Columbia County with the fastest population growth, out of 19 with at least 1,000 residents. 12521 (Craryville, 52.4%), 12060 (East Chatham, 31.5%) and 12565 (Philmont, 28.1%) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Columbia County; the right one depends on who you want to reach, so the same ZIP codes are ranked several ways below.

Fastest-growing ZIP codes in Columbia County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Population change	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	12521	Craryville	52.4%	2,056	878	834
2	12060	East Chatham	31.5%	1,859	796	660
3	12565	Philmont	28.1%	1,439	579	32
4	12523	Elizaville	17.3%	1,908	889	894
5	12184	Valatie	13.8%	7,787	2,971	2,756
6	12516	Copake	10.2%	1,925	742	735
7	12075	Ghent	9.8%	3,248	1,171	1,244
8	12173	Stuyvesant	5.0%	2,099	740	712
9	12567	Pine Plains	2.4%	2,695	1,107	1,146
10	12571	Red Hook	1.2%	10,108	4,256	4,268
11	12529	Hillsdale	-1.8%	2,410	1,192	1,399
12	12526	Germantown	-2.0%	3,548	1,546	1,418
13	12534	Hudson	-4.6%	17,176	7,949	7,526
14	12546	Millerton	-6.2%	2,706	1,149	1,064
15	12029	Canaan	-7.5%	1,069	523	463
16	12037	Chatham	-7.8%	3,926	1,839	1,758
17	12583	Tivoli	-12.1%	1,994	876	858
18	12106	Kinderhook	-20.1%	1,864	940	783
19	12125	New Lebanon	-23.1%	1,141	496	486

How we ranked them

Ranked by the change in ACS population estimates between the 2015–2019 and 2020–2024 releases. Both are 5-year averages, and ZIP code areas were redrawn for 2020, so a large change can partly reflect a boundary change. Both periods must have at least 1,000 residents. ZIP codes need at least 1,000 residents to be ranked; 19 of 36 qualify.

Which of these to mail, and why

Growing ZIP codes add households every year, which means new homes, new routes and customers without a go-to provider yet. Check the route map: new subdivisions can appear as new carrier routes.

The top five ZIP codes on this list hold 6,113 households, on 13 carrier routes with 5,176 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 Columbia County has the fastest population growth?: 12521 (Craryville), at 52.4%, among 19 ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents.
How is this ranking calculated?: Ranked by the change in ACS population estimates between the 2015–2019 and 2020–2024 releases. Both are 5-year averages, and ZIP code areas were redrawn for 2020, so a large change can partly reflect a boundary change. Both periods must have 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.

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