ZIP code · Indian Lake · New York · United States
ZIP code 12842 — Indian Lake
ZIP code 12842 serves Indian Lake, New York.
- Postal code
- 12842Single source Value from one source, not cross-checked.
- City
- Indian Lake
- County
- Hamilton FIPS 36041
- State
- New York
- Country
- United States
- Coordinates
- 43.7606, -74.2766 — precision precise (locality)
View on OpenStreetMap - Population
- 952 (ZCTA, ACS 5-year)
- Population density
- 6 / sq mi
- Land area
- 164.6 sq mi (426.2 km²) (ZCTA, ACS 5-year)
- Median household income
- $60,592
- Per-capita income
- $42,197
- Median age
- 58
- Households
- 451
- Housing units
- 1,320
- Median home value
- $227,400
- Median gross rent
- $717 / month
- Congressional district
- NY-21 (119th Congress)
- USDA hardiness zone
- 4b (-25 to -20 °F)Planting / growing zone from the 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map: average annual extreme minimum temperature, 1991–2020.
- Time zone
- America/New_York (UTC−5 / UTC−4 DST)
- Area code
- 518Telephone area codes serving this ZIP (NANPA central-office assignments). A ZIP and an area code are different boundaries; at a border both codes may apply.
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Map of ZIP code 12842
Climate — monthly normals
Warmest month Jul (avg high 75°F), coldest Jan (avg low 6°F).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high °F | 25 | 28 | 36 | 49 | 63 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 67 | 54 | 41 | 31 |
| Avg low °F | 6 | 7 | 15 | 28 | 40 | 49 | 54 | 53 | 45 | 35 | 25 | 14 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.4 |
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals from the nearest station: INDIAN LAKE 2SW (0.4 mi) · NOAA NCEI
Places in ZIP 12842
- 1 schools
- 4 restaurants & cafés
- 1 parks
- 1 gyms & sports centres
- 2 libraries
- 1 post offices
- 1 places of worship
- 1 banks
- 3 gas stations
- 1 EV charging stations
- 1 police & fire stations
Places mapped inside this ZIP’s ZCTA area in OpenStreetMap. OSM is community-maintained: counts reflect what has been mapped, and completeness varies by area — treat them as at-least figures. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Methodology
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US ZIP codes have five digits. They are postal routing areas, not administrative boundaries: a ZIP can span more than one city or county, and the city shown is the primary USPS name for that code.
GeoNames · U.S. Census Bureau (ACS) · U.S. Census Bureau · NOAA NCEI · usda-phzm. Data generated on 2026-08-21. Methodology · Report an error on this page