Altamont, New York

Altamont population, 2020 to 2024

Altamont lost 13 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.8%. In the latest year it moved by +4.

Altamont covers 1.27 square miles of land, for 1,300 people per square mile of land. The median New York place of 5,000+ has 3,760, so Altamont is less dense than the typical town.

What county Altamont is in

All of Altamont's residents live in Albany County, which had 319,964 residents in 2024. Altamont holds 0.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Altamont

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Altamont by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 12009. 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 Altamont is

The Census internal point of Altamont is at 42.705300, -74.033600. Albany, the capital, is 14.5 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Voorheesville, NY (2,846 people), 6.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Albany, NY, 12.2 miles away.

Daylight in Altamont

At 42.71° N, Altamont gets about 15 h 20 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 02 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 17 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Altamont

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New York, measured between internal points. The closest is Voorheesville, 6.2 miles away, with 2,846 people.