Which ZIP code in Columbia County has the lowest median age?

12565 (Philmont), at 37.3 (±13.6), among 20 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.

Youngest ZIP codes in Columbia County, NY

These are the 20 ZIP codes in Columbia County with the lowest median age, out of 20 with at least 1,000 residents. 12565 (Philmont, 37.3), 12173 (Stuyvesant, 37.6) and 12583 (Tivoli, 44.8) 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.

Youngest ZIP codes in Columbia County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Median age	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	12565	Philmont	37.3 ±13.6	1,439	579	32
2	12173	Stuyvesant	37.6 ±13.9	2,099	740	712
3	12583	Tivoli	44.8 ±8.3	1,994	876	858
4	12546	Millerton	45.9 ±4.5	2,706	1,149	1,064
5	12534	Hudson	46.5 ±2.3	17,176	7,949	7,526
6	12184	Valatie	47.5 ±5.2	7,787	2,971	2,756
7	12571	Red Hook	47.9 ±3.3	10,108	4,256	4,268
8	12075	Ghent	48.0 ±5.9	3,248	1,171	1,244
9	12125	New Lebanon	49.4 ±10.5	1,141	496	486
10	12526	Germantown	50.0 ±5.7	3,548	1,546	1,418
11	12037	Chatham	50.1 ±3.5	3,926	1,839	1,758
12	12521	Craryville	52.7 ±7.5	2,056	878	834
13	12523	Elizaville	53.1 ±7.8	1,908	889	894
14	12060	East Chatham	53.8 ±4.1	1,859	796	660
15	12567	Pine Plains	54.4 ±4.7	2,695	1,107	1,146
16	12516	Copake	54.9 ±6.3	1,925	742	735
17	12106	Kinderhook	54.9 ±4.6	1,864	940	783
18	12029	Canaan	54.9 ±4.0	1,069	523	463
19	12529	Hillsdale	56.1 ±3.1	2,410	1,192	1,399
20	12136	Old Chatham	57.8 ±11.1	1,043	464	437

How we ranked them

Ranked by median age of all residents, lowest first (ACS 5-year estimates, 2020–2024). ZIP codes need at least 1,000 residents to be ranked; 20 of 36 qualify.

Which of these to mail, and why

Younger ZIP codes skew toward renters, students and young families: fitness, quick-service food, apartments, entertainment and first-time-buyer offers.

The top five ZIP codes on this list hold 11,293 households, on 20 carrier routes with 10,192 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 lowest median age?: 12565 (Philmont), at 37.3 (±13.6), among 20 ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents.
How is this ranking calculated?: Ranked by median age of all residents, lowest 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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