New York · Census place 3607190
Bolivar, New York
Bolivar is a village in Allegany County, New York with an estimated 1,001 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 419th largest of 419 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,001
- #419 of 419 in New York
- Change since 2020
- -2.2%
- -23 people
- Land area
- 0.8 sq mi
- Density
- 1,251 / sq mi
- State median 3,760
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Bolivar population, 2020 to 2024
Bolivar lost 23 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.2%. In the latest year it moved by -6.
Bolivar covers 0.80 square miles of land, for 1,251 people per square mile of land. The median New York place of 5,000+ has 3,760, so Bolivar is less dense than the typical town.
What county Bolivar is in
All of Bolivar's residents live in Allegany County, which had 47,299 residents in 2024. Bolivar 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 Bolivar
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Bolivar by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 14715. 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 Bolivar is
The Census internal point of Bolivar is at 42.068400, -78.166200. Albany, the capital, is 228.7 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Shinglehouse, PA (1,068 people), 7.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Buffalo, NY, 67.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 42.068400, -78.166200
- DMS
- 42°04'6.24"N 78°09'58.32"W
- UTM
- 17N 734447.0E 4661256.9N
- Geohash
- dr2rm6345
- Plus code
- 87J33R9M+9G
Daylight in Bolivar
At 42.07° N, Bolivar 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 Bolivar
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New York, measured between internal points. The closest is Cuba, 11.8 miles away, with 1,504 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Bolivar, NY?
1,001 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 23 (2.2%) from 1,024 in July 2020.
What county is Bolivar in?
Allegany County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Bolivar?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 14715.
How far is Bolivar from Albany?
228.7 miles (368.0 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Bolivar.
What is the nearest larger city to Bolivar?
Shinglehouse, PA, with 1,068 residents, 7.1 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.