New York · Census place 3601286

Allegany, New York

Allegany is a village in Cattaraugus County, New York with an estimated 1,608 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 349th largest of 419 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,608
#349 of 419 in New York
Change since 2020
-1.7%
-28 people
Land area
0.8 sq mi
Density
2,062 / sq mi
State median 3,760
Orange pin: Allegany. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Albany.

Allegany population, 2020 to 2024

Allegany lost 28 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.7%. In the latest year it moved by +8.

1,63620201,62420211,60920221,60020231,6082024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,637. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Allegany covers 0.78 square miles of land, for 2,062 people per square mile of land. The median New York place of 5,000+ has 3,760, so Allegany is less dense than the typical town.

What county Allegany is in

All of Allegany's residents live in Cattaraugus County, which had 75,475 residents in 2024. Allegany holds 2.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Allegany

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Allegany by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 14706. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a village that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Allegany is

The Census internal point of Allegany is at 42.090600, -78.489600. Albany, the capital, is 244.6 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Olean, NY (13,614 people), 2.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Buffalo, NY, 58.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.090600, -78.489600
DMS
42°05'26.16"N 78°29'22.56"W
UTM
17N 707617.0E 4662885.3N
Geohash
dr2pmymee
Plus code
87J33GR6+65

Daylight in Allegany

At 42.09° N, Allegany gets about 15 h 15 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 06 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 09 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Allegany

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New York, measured between internal points. The closest is Olean, 2.8 miles away, with 13,614 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Allegany, NY?

1,608 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 28 (1.7%) from 1,636 in July 2020.

What county is Allegany in?

Cattaraugus County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Allegany?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 14706.

How far is Allegany from Albany?

244.6 miles (393.7 km) in a straight line, heading E from Allegany.

What is the nearest larger city to Allegany?

Olean, NY, with 13,614 residents, 2.9 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.