Colonie, New York

Colonie population, 2020 to 2024

Colonie lost 69 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.9%. In the latest year it moved by +30. Among 170 New York places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 104th; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in New York has 10,324 people, so Colonie is 74% of it.

Colonie covers 3.24 square miles of land, for 2,374 people per square mile of land. The median New York place of 5,000+ has 3,760, so Colonie is less dense than the typical town.

What county Colonie is in

All of Colonie's residents live in Albany County, which had 319,964 residents in 2024. Colonie holds 2.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Colonie

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Colonie by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 12205. 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 Colonie is

The Census internal point of Colonie is at 42.720900, -73.831700. Albany, the capital, is 6.0 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Albany, NY (101,317 people), 4.2 miles away.

Daylight in Colonie

At 42.72° N, Colonie gets about 15 h 20 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 02 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 18 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Colonie

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New York, measured between internal points. The closest is Albany, 4.2 miles away, with 101,317 people.