ZIP Code 12778 — Smallwood, New York
📍 ZIP code 12778 is in Smallwood, Sullivan County, New York.
ZIP code 12778 is located in Smallwood, Sullivan County, New York. It is a standard zip code in the Eastern Time Zone with an estimated population of 456. The area code for zip code 12778 is 845.
ZIP Code 12778 Demographics
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Population and demographic data sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates. ZIP code routing data sourced from the United States Postal Service (USPS).
Affordability & Profile: ZIP 12778 in Context
The median home in 12778 is valued at $179,500 against a median household income of $66,406, a price-to-income ratio of 2.7. That is below the 2.9 median across the 1,572 New York ZIP codes with published housing data, and near the 3.0 ratio that marks an attainable market nationally. Within Sullivan County, 12778 ranks 11 of 37 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 3.4.
12778 ranks 1,134 of 1,572 statewide on median household income and 1,028 of 1,572 on median home value; its income is below the $73,919 Sullivan County median. 81% of households own their home, in line with the 80% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 37.1%, far above the 9.9% statewide ZIP median and among the highest in the state.
With 268 residents per square mile across 1.7 square miles of land, 12778 is denser than the statewide ZIP median of 197 (rank 715 of 1,572). This is rural or open territory where most of the land is agricultural, forest, desert or public land.
Ratios and ranks are computed from the ACS figures above across the 1,572 New York ZIP codes with published housing data. See the 2026 New York affordability report for the statewide analysis and the methodology for definitions.
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ZIP code 12778 primarily serves Smallwood in Sullivan County, New York.














