ZIP 12986 · Tupper Lake
Who lives in ZIP code 12986 (Tupper Lake, NY): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Tupper Lake, NY · Franklin County
uszips 2026
People5,326
Median age48.7
Household income$67,883
Home value$153,587
Median rent$790/mo
Poverty16.9%
College degree+22.5%
Commute15 min
Place
- Metro area
- Outside any metro
- Time zone
- Eastern
- Density
- 7 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 2,335
Spans 2 counties
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
26.7% are 65 or older; 81.6% are adults.
Household income
30.8% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $37,186.
Education (adults 25+)
52.9% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
1.4% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 52.7%
- Never married
- 28.9%
- Divorced
- 12.0%
- Widowed
- 6.3%
- Family size
- 2.69
- Dual-income families
- 40.0%
Housing
- Own their home
- 72.7%
- Rent burden
- 22.1%
- Men / women
- 50% / 50%
Work
- In labor force
- 46.3%
- Unemployment
- 2.0%
- Self-employed
- 9.1%
- Farmers
- 0.0%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 13.7%
- Veterans
- 7.5%
- With a disability
- 20.4%
- No health insurance
- 0.9%
- Limited English
- 0.3%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.