New York · Census place 3611825

Cambridge, New York

Cambridge is a village in Washington County, New York with an estimated 1,801 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 318th largest of 419 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,801
#318 of 419 in New York
Change since 2020
-0.3%
-5 people
Land area
1.7 sq mi
Density
1,041 / sq mi
State median 3,760
Orange pin: Cambridge. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Albany.

Cambridge population, 2020 to 2024

Cambridge lost 5 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.3%. In the latest year it moved by +4.

1,80620201,80420211,80320221,79720231,8012024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,810. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Cambridge covers 1.73 square miles of land, for 1,041 people per square mile of land. The median New York place of 5,000+ has 3,760, so Cambridge is less dense than the typical town.

What county Cambridge is in

All of Cambridge's residents live in Washington County, which had 59,839 residents in 2024. Cambridge holds 3.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Cambridge

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Cambridge by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 12816. 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 Cambridge is

The Census internal point of Cambridge is at 43.028000, -73.381300. Albany, the capital, is 32.1 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hoosick Falls, NY (3,190 people), 8.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Albany, NY, 32.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
43.028000, -73.381300
DMS
43°01'40.80"N 73°22'52.68"W
UTM
18N 631878.9E 4765195.5N
Geohash
dreuf1j27
Plus code
87M82JH9+6F

Daylight in Cambridge

At 43.03° N, Cambridge 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 Cambridge

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New York, measured between internal points. The closest is Greenwich, 7.1 miles away, with 1,669 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Cambridge, NY?

1,801 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 5 (0.3%) from 1,806 in July 2020.

What county is Cambridge in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Cambridge?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 12816.

How far is Cambridge from Albany?

32.1 miles (51.7 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Cambridge.

What is the nearest larger city to Cambridge?

Hoosick Falls, NY, with 3,190 residents, 8.9 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)

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