New York · Census place 3627419

Fredonia, New York

Fredonia is a village in Chautauqua County, New York with an estimated 9,295 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 98th largest of 419 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
9,295
#98 of 419 in New York
Change since 2020
-3.7%
-359 people
Land area
5.1 sq mi
Density
1,808 / sq mi
State median 3,760
Orange pin: Fredonia. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Albany.

Fredonia population, 2020 to 2024

Fredonia lost 359 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.7%. In the latest year it moved by -34. Among 170 New York places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 165th; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in New York has 10,324 people, so Fredonia is 90% of it.

9,65420209,58520219,48320229,32920239,2952024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 9,667. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Fredonia covers 5.14 square miles of land, for 1,808 people per square mile of land. The median New York place of 5,000+ has 3,760, so Fredonia is less dense than the typical town.

What county Fredonia is in

All of Fredonia's residents live in Chautauqua County, which had 124,105 residents in 2024. Fredonia holds 7.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Fredonia

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Fredonia by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 14063. 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 Fredonia is

The Census internal point of Fredonia is at 42.440700, -79.331900. Albany, the capital, is 284.1 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Dunkirk, NY (12,379 people), 2.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Buffalo, NY, 39.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.440700, -79.331900
DMS
42°26'26.52"N 79°19'54.84"W
UTM
17N 637192.5E 4700056.4N
Geohash
dpx96y06b
Plus code
87J2CMR9+76

Daylight in Fredonia

At 42.44° N, Fredonia gets about 15 h 18 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 04 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 14 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Fredonia

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New York, measured between internal points. The closest is Dunkirk, 2.8 miles away, with 12,379 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Fredonia, NY?

9,295 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 359 (3.7%) from 9,654 in July 2020.

What county is Fredonia in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Fredonia?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 14063.

How far is Fredonia from Albany?

284.1 miles (457.2 km) in a straight line, heading E from Fredonia.

What is the nearest larger city to Fredonia?

Dunkirk, NY, with 12,379 residents, 2.7 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.