ZIP Code 12531

Households in ZIP code 12531, near Poughkeepsie, earn a median of $129,028, with per-capita income at $72,273 — figures that place the area firmly in affluent territory rather than middle-income. Home values reinforce that standing: the median property is worth $475,400. Owners face a county-level effective property tax rate of 1.89%, a meaningful annual expense given those valuations. Sales taxes add 8.12% to purchases made here. Together, the income and home-value data sketch a well-off community carrying a correspondingly substantial tax load at both the property and checkout levels.