ZIP code · Upper Jay · New York · United States
ZIP code 12987 — Upper Jay
ZIP code 12987 serves Upper Jay, New York.
- Postal code
- 12987Single source Value from one source, not cross-checked.
- City
- Upper Jay
- County
- Essex FIPS 36031
- State
- New York
- Country
- United States
- Coordinates
- 44.3364, -73.7757 — precision precise (locality)
View on OpenStreetMap - Population
- 188 (ZCTA, ACS 5-year)
- Population density
- 18 / sq mi
- Land area
- 10.3 sq mi (26.7 km²) (ZCTA, ACS 5-year)
- Median household income
- $111,083
- Per-capita income
- $50,891
- Median age
- 50.4
- Households
- 95
- Housing units
- 144
- Median home value
- $223,700
- Congressional district
- NY-21 (119th Congress)
- USDA hardiness zone
- 5a (-20 to -15 °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
- 518 (from the nearest rate centre)Telephone 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 12987
Climate — monthly normals
Warmest month Jul (avg high 74°F), coldest Jan (avg low 7°F).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high °F | 23 | 27 | 36 | 49 | 62 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 52 | 40 | 29 |
| Avg low °F | 7 | 8 | 16 | 29 | 40 | 49 | 54 | 52 | 45 | 35 | 25 | 14 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.5 |
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals from the nearest station: LAKE PLACID 2 S (10.5 mi) · NOAA NCEI
Places in ZIP 12987
- 1 post offices
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