12997 Zip Code (NY) Detailed Profile

Estimated zip code population in 2022: 1,197

Houses and condos: 856
Renter-occupied apartments: 115
March 2022 cost of living index in zip code 12997: 96.7 (near average, U.S. average is 100)

Land area: 65.2 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.2 sq. mi.

Population density: 18 people per square mile

(very low).

Real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2022:
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $3,422 (1.2%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $2,802 (1.1%)

For population 25 years and over in 12997:

• High school or higher: 95.6%
• Bachelor's degree or higher: 35.8%
• Graduate or professional degree: 16.3%
• Unemployed: 2.2%
• Mean travel time to work (commute): 30.5 minutes

For population 15 years and over in 12997:

• Never married: 24.8%
• Now married: 58.6%
• Separated: 1.1%
• Widowed: 6.8%
• Divorced: 8.8%

100% urban population.

Averages for the 2020 tax year for zip code 12997, filed in 2021:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2020: $61,744 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$61,744
State:	$90,930

Salary/wage: $49,556 (reported on 77.4% of returns)

Here:	$49,556
State:	$72,104

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1157.3% for AGIs below $25k, 3458.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 6442.5% for AGIs $50k-75k, 10367.5% for AGIs $75k-100k, 22588.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $395 (reported on 35.5% of returns)

This zip code:	$395
New York:	$3,075

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 3.6% for AGIs below $25k, 10.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 37.5% for AGIs $50k-75k, 70.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 52.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Ordinary dividends: $3,050 (reported on 22.6% of returns)

Here:	$3,050
State:	$11,095

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 80.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 530.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 222.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Net capital gain/loss in AGI: +$7,508 (reported on 19.4% of returns)

Here:	+$7,508
State:	+$44,925

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 93.1% for AGIs $25k-50k, 617.5% for AGIs $50k-75k, 1066.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Profit/loss from business: +$11,240 (reported on 16.1% of returns)

Here:	+$11,240
State:	+$14,940

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 134.5% for AGIs below $25k, 176.9% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1070.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 636.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxable individual retirement arrangement distribution: $13,580 (reported on 8.1% of returns)

12997:	$13,580
New York:	$19,609

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1697.5% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Total itemized deductions: $22,600 (reported on 4.8% of returns)

Here:	$22,600
State:	$39,326

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1356.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxes paid: $7,567 (reported on 4.8% of returns)

12997:	$7,567
State:	$9,183

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 454.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Earned income credit: $1,850 (reported on 9.7% of returns)

Here:	$1,850
State:	$2,138

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 40.0% for AGIs below $25k, 51.5% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2020 taxes: 95.2%

Here:	95%
State:	95%

(% for various income ranges: 94.4% for AGIs below $25k, 94.4% for AGIs $25k-50k, 100.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 100.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 88.9% for AGIs $100k-200k, 100.0% for AGIs over 200k)

Averages for the 2012 tax year for zip code 12997, filed in 2013:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2012: $47,877 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$47,877
State:	$77,088

Salary/wage: $38,573 (reported on 78.9% of returns)

Here:	$38,573
State:	$60,593

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 65.1% for AGIs below $25k, 74.7% for AGIs $25k-50k, 69.1% for AGIs $50k-75k, 67.9% for AGIs $75k-100k, 52.3% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $484 (reported on 33.3% of returns)

This zip code:	$484
New York:	$3,125

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.5% for AGIs below $25k, 0.4% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.4% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.5% for AGIs $75k-100k, 0.1% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Ordinary dividends: $2,883 (reported on 21.1% of returns)

Here:	$2,883
State:	$10,299

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 2.5% for AGIs below $25k, 1.2% for AGIs $50k-75k, 2.3% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Net capital gain/loss in AGI: +$2,212 (reported on 14.0% of returns)

Here:	+$2,212
State:	+$42,474

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.5% for AGIs below $25k, 0.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 1.6% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Profit/loss from business: +$6,215 (reported on 22.8% of returns)

Here:	+$6,215
State:	+$16,168

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 13.5% for AGIs below $25k, 5.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, 3.4% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Taxable individual retirement arrangement distribution: $11,100 (reported on 10.5% of returns)

12997:	$11,100
New York:	$17,621

Total itemized deductions: $18,264 (20% of AGI, reported on 24.6% of returns)

Here:	$18,264
State:	$34,985

Here:	20.1% of AGI
State:	21.3% of AGI

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 10.9% for AGIs $25k-50k, 8.4% for AGIs $50k-75k, 9.8% for AGIs $75k-100k, 11.4% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Charity contributions: $1,564 (reported on 19.3% of returns)

Here:	$1,564
State:	$5,572

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1.0% for AGIs below $25k, 0.7% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.6% for AGIs $75k-100k, 0.8% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxes paid: $8,186 (reported on 24.6% of returns)

12997:	$8,186
State:	$18,656

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 3.6% for AGIs $25k-50k, 3.5% for AGIs $50k-75k, 4.1% for AGIs $75k-100k, 6.1% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Earned income credit: $1,640 (reported on 17.5% of returns)

Here:	$1,640
State:	$2,230

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 4.4% for AGIs below $25k, 0.8% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2012 taxes: 43.9%

Here:	44%
State:	66%

(% for various income ranges: 34.8% for AGIs below $25k, 50.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 37.5% for AGIs $50k-75k, 50.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 66.7% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Averages for the 2004 tax year for zip code 12997, filed in 2005:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2004: $35,227 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$35,227
State:	$59,519

Salary/wage: $31,161 (reported on 80.6% of returns)

Here:	$31,161
State:	$50,673

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 192.3% for AGIs below $10k, 70.8% for AGIs $10k-25k, 74.4% for AGIs $25k-50k, 74.8% for AGIs $50k-75k, 78.7% for AGIs $75k-100k, 36.2% for AGIs over 100k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $624 (reported on 49.2% of returns)

This zip code:	$624
New York:	$2,377

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 9.8% for AGIs below $10k, 1.1% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.9% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.6% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.6% for AGIs $75k-100k, 0.3% for AGIs over 100k)

Taxable dividends: $1,256 (reported on 23.8% of returns)

Here:	$1,256
State:	$5,394

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 3.3% for AGIs below $10k, 2.8% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.4% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.4% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.8% for AGIs $75k-100k, 0.4% for AGIs over 100k)

Net capital gain/loss: +$2,750 (reported on 17.0% of returns)

Here:	+$2,750
State:	+$23,581

(% of AGI for various income ranges: -4.5% for AGIs below $10k, 0.5% for AGIs $10k-25k, -0.1% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.4% for AGIs $50k-75k, 8.6% for AGIs over 100k)

Profit/loss from business: +$6,935 (reported on 20.0% of returns)

Here:	+$6,935
State:	+$13,809

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 9.8% for AGIs below $10k, 6.3% for AGIs $10k-25k, 4.9% for AGIs $25k-50k, 6.8% for AGIs $50k-75k, -0.6% for AGIs $75k-100k)

IRA payment deduction: $2,464 (reported on 5.2% of returns)

12997:	$2,464
New York:	$3,115

Total itemized deductions: $14,719 (22% of AGI, reported on 21.1% of returns)

Here:	$14,719
State:	$25,864

Here:	22.1% of AGI
State:	21.9% of AGI

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 7.3% for AGIs $10k-25k, 6.6% for AGIs $25k-50k, 10.1% for AGIs $50k-75k, 10.8% for AGIs $75k-100k, 10.4% for AGIs over 100k)

Charity contributions deductions: $1,824 (3% of AGI, reported on 16.8% of returns)

Here:	$1,824
State:	$4,439

Here:	2.7% of AGI
State:	3.6% of AGI

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 3.0% for AGIs below $10k, 0.6% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1.4% for AGIs $50k-75k, 1.7% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Total tax: $4,689 (reported on 71.3% of returns)

12997:	$4,689
State:	$11,730

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 3.0% for AGIs below $10k, 4.7% for AGIs $10k-25k, 7.1% for AGIs $25k-50k, 8.7% for AGIs $50k-75k, 11.3% for AGIs $75k-100k, 18.0% for AGIs over 100k)

Earned income credit: $1,659 (reported on 15.7% of returns)

Here:	$1,659
State:	$1,757

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2004 taxes: 53.8%

Here:	54%
State:	67%

(% for various income ranges: 46.3% for AGIs below $10k, 48.3% for AGIs $10k-25k, 56.4% for AGIs $25k-50k, 60.5% for AGIs $50k-75k, 68.3% for AGIs $75k-100k, 68.8% for AGIs over 100k)

Nearest zip codes: 12913, 12987, 12942, 12912, 12941, 12977.
No gay or lesbian households reported

Household received Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 24
Household did not receive Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 537

Women who had a birth in the past 12 months: 6 (0 now married, 6 unmarried)
Women who did not have a birth in the past 12 months: 278 (141 now married, 136 unmarried)

Housing units in zip code 12997 with a mortgage: 240 (23 second mortgage, 8 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 6

Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $1,509
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $692

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2022:
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2022:

• Zip code 12997 household income distribution in 2022

• 12Less than $10,000
• 13$10,000 to $14,999
• 10$15,000 to $19,999
• 20$20,000 to $24,999
• 39$25,000 to $29,999
• 10$30,000 to $34,999
• 31$35,000 to $39,999
• 15$40,000 to $44,999
• 13$45,000 to $49,999
• 46$50,000 to $59,999
• 79$60,000 to $74,999
• 66$75,000 to $99,999
• 47$100,000 to $124,999
• 28$125,000 to $149,999
• 83$150,000 to $199,999
• 46$200,000 or more

• Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2022 in zip code 12997

• 5$50,000 to $59,999
• 31$80,000 to $89,999
• 25$100,000 to $124,999
• 22$125,000 to $149,999
• 24$150,000 to $174,999
• 43$175,000 to $199,999
• 41$200,000 to $249,999
• 38$250,000 to $299,999
• 139$300,000 to $399,999
• 25$400,000 to $499,999
• 12$500,000 to $749,999
• 13$750,000 to $999,999
• 6$1,000,000 to $1,499,999
• 14$1,500,000 to $1,999,999

• Rent paid by renters in 2022 in zip code 12997

• 13$650 to $699
• 11$700 to $749
• 6$750 to $799
• 20$800 to $899
• 7$900 to $999
• 6$1,000 to $1,249
• 8$1,250 to $1,499
• 3$2,000 to $2,499
• 40No cash rent

Median gross rent in 2022: $1,082.

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $764,829.

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $278,435 Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $176,571 - $374,655

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 736
• Two: 13
• 3 or 4: 29
• 5 to 9: 21
• 20 to 49: 6
• Mobile homes: 42

Unemployment: 2.2%

• Means of transportation to work in zip code 12997

• 73.7%520Drove a car alone
• 12.5%88Carpooled
• 0.3%2Walked
• 14.0%99Worked at home

• Travel time to work (commute) in zip code 12997

• 9Less than 5 minutes
• 515 to 9 minutes
• 1210 to 14 minutes
• 6715 to 19 minutes
• 11920 to 24 minutes
• 2425 to 29 minutes
• 12030 to 34 minutes
• 3035 to 39 minutes
• 5240 to 44 minutes
• 9045 to 59 minutes
• 1460 to 89 minutes
• 1290 or more minutes

Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 80.4%

Household type by relationship:

Households: 1,197

• Male householders: 321 (81 living alone), Female householders: 248 (71 living alone)

• 301 spouses (298 opposite-sex spouses), 28 unmarried partners, (28 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 214 children (194 natural, 0 adopted, 19 stepchildren), 24 grandchildren, 12 brothers or sisters, 43 parents, 0 foster children, 0 other relatives, 13 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 4 (-1 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 235 2-persons, 74 3-persons, 27 4-persons, 48 5-persons

Size of nonfamily households: 152 1-person, 33 2-persons

83 married couples with children.
44 single-parent households (10 men, 34 women).

97.7% of residents of 12997 zip code speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (70% very well, 30% well).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (100% very well).

Facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:

• A S R C WHITEFACE MTN FS SUNYA (STATE RD RTE 431 3.5 MI W INT in WILMINGTON, NY)

  Small Quantity Generators, between 100 kg and 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification
  Organizations: NYSDEC (CONTACT/OWNER)
  

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1.2%

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 797
• Northeast: 152
• Midwest: 32
• South: 82
• West: 65

95% of the 12997 zip code residents lived in the same house 1 year ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 19% moved from this county.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 70% moved from different county within same state.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 9% moved from different state.

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): Students in private undergraduate colleges: 3

Companies with federal contracts located in this zip code:

• WHITEFACE CHALET INC (788 SPRINGFIELD RD in WILMINGTON, NY) : $7,475 in 4 contracts from 2005 to 2006

  $4,128 with Army for Lodging - Hotel/Motel. Signed on 2005-12-15. Completion date: 2005-12-16.
  $3,452, same as above. Signed on 2005-10-05. Completion date: 2005-10-09.
  $120, same as above. Signed on 2006-01-11. Completion date: 2005-12-16.
  -$225, same as above. Signed on 2005-10-19. Completion date: 2005-10-09.
  

Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:

• Accommodation and Food Services: Food Service Contractors (100-249 employees: 1 establishment)
• Educational Services: Sports and Recreation Instruction (20-49: 1)
• Accommodation and Food Services: Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels (10-19: 1, 5-9: 1, 1-4: 3)
• Educational Services: Elementary and Secondary Schools (10-19: 1, 1-4: 1)
• Wholesale Trade: Lumber, Plywood, Millwork, and Wood Panel Merchant Wholesalers (10-19: 1)
• Accommodation and Food Services: Limited-Service Restaurants (5-9: 1, 1-4: 2)
• Accommodation and Food Services: Full-Service Restaurants (5-9: 1, 1-4: 2)
• Real Estate and Rental and Leasing: Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers (5-9: 1, 1-4: 1)

Most common first names in zip code 12997 among deceased individuals
Name	Count	Lived (average)
William	14	73.5 years
Mary	11	79.4 years
Robert	8	69.5 years
John	6	76.5 years
Donald	5	72.4 years
Helen	5	71.2 years
Henry	4	78.8 years
Frederick	4	67.8 years
Clyde	4	79.8 years
Elizabeth	4	74.5 years

Most common last names in zip code 12997 among deceased individuals
Last name	Count	Lived (average)
Lawrence	12	66.0 years
Mason	8	67.1 years
Peck	8	77.2 years
Bruce	7	75.9 years
Cooper	6	68.2 years
Crowley	5	79.6 years
Betters	5	71.8 years
Preston	5	66.2 years
Adams	4	81.2 years
Johnson	4	75.5 years

Businesses in zip code 12997

• MasterBrand Cabinets: 2