Herkimer, New York

Herkimer population, 2020 to 2024

Herkimer lost 33 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.5%. In the latest year it moved by +3. Among 170 New York places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 83rd; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in New York has 10,324 people, so Herkimer is 70% of it.

Herkimer covers 2.59 square miles of land and 0.12 of water, for 2,801 people per square mile of land. The median New York place of 5,000+ has 3,760, so Herkimer is less dense than the typical town.

What county Herkimer is in

All of Herkimer's residents live in Herkimer County, which had 59,585 residents in 2024. Herkimer holds 12.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Herkimer

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Herkimer by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 13350. 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 Herkimer is

The Census internal point of Herkimer is at 43.028100, -74.993300. Albany, the capital, is 67.8 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Ilion, NY (7,559 people), 2.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Syracuse, NY, 58.1 miles away.

Daylight in Herkimer

At 43.03° N, Herkimer gets about 15 h 22 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 00 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 22 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Herkimer

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New York, measured between internal points. The closest is Mohawk, 1.5 miles away, with 2,376 people.