ZIP code profile · 2024 county data

ZIP Code 12997

Essex County, New York: Census demographics for this ZIP plus the containing county's FBI UCR crime rate.

Data updated 2026-08-24

1,217
Population (ZIP)
0
Violent rate /100K (county)
5
Property rate /100K (county)

Is ZIP code 12997 safe? Honest data snapshot

ZIP code 12997 sits within Essex County, NY, in which law-enforcement agencies did not report complete 2024 data to the FBI UCR Program. The county figures below cover only the agencies that submitted, so they are not a measure of crime in this area and no comparison to the national average is drawn from them.

ZIP 12997 carries a Census-reported population of 1,217, ranking #12 of 29 ZIPs in Essex County, spread across 65.22 square miles (about 19 people per square mile). For a full breakdown of Essex County's crime categories and year-over-year trend, see the Essex County crime page linked below.

ZIP 12997 has no FBI-native crime rate (postal codes are not police jurisdictions). Figures above use the Essex County proxy where reported; see methodology for the ZCTA plurality map. Methodology.

ZIP 12997 Census context

These are ZIP/ZCTA demographic estimates, separate from the county-level FBI proxy above. They describe the local settlement, not a crime rate.

Median household income
$69,758
Median age
49.1 years
Owner-occupied homes
80%
Occupied homes
558

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 5-year ZCTA estimates (income, age, and occupied housing tenure).

ZIP 12997 settlement vs Essex County

ZIP 12997 itself is about 19 people per Census sq mi across 65.2 sq mi (1,217 residents), a postal settlement fact independent of the county UCR proxy.

ZIP 12997 accounts for roughly 3.3% of the county reporting population (1,217 of 37,381).

Essex County's 2024 UCR book concentrates in larceny-theft (50% of 2 offenses; mix index 7,500). ZIP 12997 inherits that county mix, not a postal-native split.

Settlement lines use Census ZCTA figures only; incomplete county agency coverage blocks any UCR mix or rate desk for this ZIP.

Nationwide peers for ZIP 12997

Similar Census population (~1,217)

County detail: Essex County · State atlas: New York

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ZIP population, land area, 2020 ZCTA-to-county relationship file, ACS 5-year estimates) and FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States (CIUS) Table 10 (county-level crime, attributed via ZIP-to-county crosswalk).

Verify with Census.gov Geography and FBI.gov UCR.

Read our methodology , how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Every figure on PlainCrime is rendered directly from FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page combines Census ZIP-level figures with a ZIP-to-county crosswalk to attribute FBI UCR crime data honestly, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.