New York · Census place 3629113

Glen Cove, New York

Glen Cove is a city in Nassau County, New York with an estimated 28,088 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 30th largest of 419 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
28,088
#30 of 419 in New York
Change since 2020
-0.5%
-143 people
Land area
6.7 sq mi
+ 12.59 sq mi water
Density
4,217 / sq mi
State median 3,760
Orange pin: Glen Cove. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Albany.

Glen Cove population, 2020 to 2024

Glen Cove lost 143 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.5%. In the latest year it moved by +115. Among 170 New York places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 87th; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in New York has 10,324 people, so Glen Cove is 2.7 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 28,372. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Glen Cove covers 6.66 square miles of land and 12.59 of water, for 4,217 people per square mile of land. The median New York place of 5,000+ has 3,760, so Glen Cove is denser than the typical town.

What county Glen Cove is in

All of Glen Cove's residents live in Nassau County, which had 1,392,438 residents in 2024. Glen Cove holds 2.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Glen Cove

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Glen Cove by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 11542. 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 Glen Cove is

The Census internal point of Glen Cove is at 40.884800, -73.644800. Albany, the capital, is 122.3 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is New Rochelle, NY (85,512 people), 7.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Yonkers, NY, 12.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.884800, -73.644800
DMS
40°53'5.28"N 73°38'41.28"W
UTM
18N 614174.2E 4526852.8N
Geohash
dr78s4v7p
Plus code
87G8V9M4+W3

Daylight in Glen Cove

At 40.88° N, Glen Cove gets about 15 h 07 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 14 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 53 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Glen Cove

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New York, measured between internal points. The closest is Lattingtown, 2.7 miles away, with 1,875 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Glen Cove, NY?

28,088 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 143 (0.5%) from 28,231 in July 2020.

What county is Glen Cove in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Glen Cove?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 11542.

How far is Glen Cove from Albany?

122.3 miles (196.8 km) in a straight line, heading N from Glen Cove.

What is the nearest larger city to Glen Cove?

New Rochelle, NY, with 85,512 residents, 7.5 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.