New York · Census place 3604253

Ballston Spa, New York

Ballston Spa is a village in Saratoga County, New York with an estimated 4,930 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 173rd largest of 419 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,930
#173 of 419 in New York
Change since 2020
-3.6%
-186 people
Land area
1.6 sq mi
Density
3,081 / sq mi
State median 3,760
Orange pin: Ballston Spa. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Albany.

Ballston Spa population, 2020 to 2024

Ballston Spa lost 186 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.6%. In the latest year it moved by -8.

5,11620205,01420214,97920224,93820234,9302024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 5,127. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Ballston Spa covers 1.60 square miles of land, for 3,081 people per square mile of land. The median New York place of 5,000+ has 3,760, so Ballston Spa is less dense than the typical town.

What county Ballston Spa is in

All of Ballston Spa's residents live in Saratoga County, which had 240,360 residents in 2024. Ballston Spa 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 Ballston Spa

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Ballston Spa by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 12020. 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 Ballston Spa is

The Census internal point of Ballston Spa is at 43.005600, -73.854500. Albany, the capital, is 24.9 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Saratoga Springs, NY (28,741 people), 5.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Albany, NY, 23.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
43.005600, -73.854500
DMS
43°00'20.16"N 73°51'16.20"W
UTM
18N 593359.8E 4762073.3N
Geohash
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Plus code
87M8244W+65

Daylight in Ballston Spa

At 43.01° N, Ballston Spa gets about 15 h 22 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 00 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 22 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Ballston Spa

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New York, measured between internal points. The closest is Saratoga Springs, 5.8 miles away, with 28,741 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Ballston Spa, NY?

4,930 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 186 (3.6%) from 5,116 in July 2020.

What county is Ballston Spa in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Ballston Spa?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 12020.

How far is Ballston Spa from Albany?

24.9 miles (40.0 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Ballston Spa.

What is the nearest larger city to Ballston Spa?

Saratoga Springs, NY, with 28,741 residents, 5.8 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.