ZIP 12946 · Lake Placid
Who lives in ZIP code 12946 (Lake Placid, NY): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Lake Placid, NY · Essex County
uszips 2026
People4,872
Median age45.2
Household income$77,548
Home value$469,473
Median rent$1,131/mo
Poverty9.6%
College degree+47.6%
Commute14 min
Place
- Metro area
- Outside any metro
- Time zone
- Eastern
- Density
- 14 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 2,589
County
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
22.9% are 65 or older; 85.5% are adults.
Household income
38.3% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $40,542.
Education (adults 25+)
53.5% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
1.1% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 43.3%
- Never married
- 36.6%
- Divorced
- 14.1%
- Widowed
- 6.1%
- Family size
- 2.49
- Dual-income families
- 51.5%
Housing
- Own their home
- 64.4%
- Rent burden
- 35.4%
- Men / women
- 50% / 51%
Work
- In labor force
- 68.0%
- Unemployment
- 1.1%
- Self-employed
- 18.3%
- Farmers
- 0.0%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 22.3%
- Veterans
- 5.1%
- With a disability
- 12.3%
- No health insurance
- 6.5%
- Limited English
- 0.3%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.