New York · Census place 3606607

Binghamton, New York

Binghamton is a city in Broome County, New York with an estimated 46,773 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 15th largest of 419 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
46,773
#15 of 419 in New York
Change since 2020
-2.1%
-1,006 people
Land area
10.5 sq mi
+ 0.65 sq mi water
Density
4,463 / sq mi
State median 3,760
Orange pin: Binghamton. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Albany.

Binghamton population, 2020 to 2024

Binghamton lost 1,006 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.1%. In the latest year it moved by +8. Among 170 New York places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 145th; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in New York has 10,324 people, so Binghamton is 4.5 times that size.

47.8k202047.5k202147.1k202246.8k202346.8k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 47,945. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Binghamton covers 10.48 square miles of land and 0.65 of water, for 4,463 people per square mile of land. The median New York place of 5,000+ has 3,760, so Binghamton is denser than the typical town.

What county Binghamton is in

All of Binghamton's residents live in Broome County, which had 196,397 residents in 2024. Binghamton holds 23.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Binghamton

4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Binghamton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 13901, 13903, 13904, 13905. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Binghamton is

The Census internal point of Binghamton is at 42.101300, -75.909400. Albany, the capital, is 116.3 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Scranton, PA (75,905 people), 49.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Syracuse, NY, 66.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.101300, -75.909400
DMS
42°06'4.68"N 75°54'33.84"W
UTM
18N 424804.9E 4661423.7N
Geohash
dr6p88k3y
Plus code
87J6432R+G6

Daylight in Binghamton

At 42.10° N, Binghamton 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 Binghamton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New York, measured between internal points. The closest is Port Dickinson, 2.5 miles away, with 1,673 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Binghamton, NY?

46,773 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 1,006 (2.1%) from 47,779 in July 2020.

What county is Binghamton in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Binghamton?

4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 13901, 13903, 13904, 13905.

How far is Binghamton from Albany?

116.3 miles (187.1 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Binghamton.

What is the nearest larger city to Binghamton?

Scranton, PA, with 75,905 residents, 49.8 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.