New York · Census place 3612144

Canandaigua, New York

Canandaigua is a city in Ontario County, New York with an estimated 10,476 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 84th largest of 419 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
10,476
#84 of 419 in New York
Change since 2020
-0.5%
-56 people
Land area
4.6 sq mi
+ 0.27 sq mi water
Density
2,292 / sq mi
State median 3,760
Orange pin: Canandaigua. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Albany.

Canandaigua population, 2020 to 2024

Canandaigua lost 56 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.5%. In the latest year it moved by -12. Among 170 New York places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 88th; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in New York has 10,324 people, so Canandaigua is 1.0 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 10,565. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Canandaigua covers 4.57 square miles of land and 0.27 of water, for 2,292 people per square mile of land. The median New York place of 5,000+ has 3,760, so Canandaigua is less dense than the typical town.

What county Canandaigua is in

All of Canandaigua's residents live in Ontario County, which had 113,012 residents in 2024. Canandaigua holds 9.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Canandaigua

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Canandaigua by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 14424. 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 Canandaigua is

The Census internal point of Canandaigua is at 42.889000, -77.280300. Albany, the capital, is 179.4 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Geneva, NY (12,397 people), 15.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Rochester, NY, 25.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.889000, -77.280300
DMS
42°53'20.40"N 77°16'49.08"W
UTM
18N 313798.6E 4751011.0N
Geohash
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Plus code
87J4VPQ9+JV

Daylight in Canandaigua

At 42.89° N, Canandaigua gets about 15 h 21 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 01 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 20 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Canandaigua

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New York, measured between internal points. The closest is Shortsville, 5.5 miles away, with 1,357 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Canandaigua, NY?

10,476 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 56 (0.5%) from 10,532 in July 2020.

What county is Canandaigua in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Canandaigua?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 14424.

How far is Canandaigua from Albany?

179.4 miles (288.8 km) in a straight line, heading E from Canandaigua.

What is the nearest larger city to Canandaigua?

Geneva, NY, with 12,397 residents, 15.2 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.