New York · Census place 3629333

Glens Falls, New York

Glens Falls is a city in Warren County, New York with an estimated 14,455 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 64th largest of 419 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
14,455
#64 of 419 in New York
Change since 2020
-2.2%
-330 people
Land area
3.9 sq mi
+ 0.14 sq mi water
Density
3,755 / sq mi
State median 3,760
Orange pin: Glens Falls. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Albany.

Glens Falls population, 2020 to 2024

Glens Falls lost 330 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.2%. In the latest year it moved by -87. Among 170 New York places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 151st; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in New York has 10,324 people, so Glens Falls is 1.4 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 14,835. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Glens Falls covers 3.85 square miles of land and 0.14 of water, for 3,755 people per square mile of land. The median New York place of 5,000+ has 3,760, so Glens Falls is close to the typical town.

What county Glens Falls is in

All of Glens Falls's residents live in Warren County, which had 65,288 residents in 2024. Glens Falls holds 22.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Glens Falls

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Glens Falls by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 12801. 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 Glens Falls is

The Census internal point of Glens Falls is at 43.311200, -73.645300. Albany, the capital, is 45.8 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Saratoga Springs, NY (28,741 people), 18.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Albany, NY, 45.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
43.311200, -73.645300
DMS
43°18'40.32"N 73°38'43.08"W
UTM
18N 609861.1E 4796265.0N
Geohash
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Plus code
87M88963+FV

Daylight in Glens Falls

At 43.31° N, Glens Falls gets about 15 h 24 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 58 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 26 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Glens Falls

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New York, measured between internal points. The closest is South Glens Falls, 1.3 miles away, with 3,723 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Glens Falls, NY?

14,455 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 330 (2.2%) from 14,785 in July 2020.

What county is Glens Falls in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Glens Falls?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 12801.

How far is Glens Falls from Albany?

45.8 miles (73.8 km) in a straight line, heading S from Glens Falls.

What is the nearest larger city to Glens Falls?

Saratoga Springs, NY, with 28,741 residents, 18.1 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.