New York · Census place 3639309
Kensington, New York
Kensington is a village in Nassau County, New York with an estimated 1,204 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 391st largest of 419 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,204
- #391 of 419 in New York
- Change since 2020
- +0.3%
- +4 people
- Land area
- 0.3 sq mi
- Density
- 4,816 / sq mi
- State median 3,760
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Kensington population, 2020 to 2024
Kensington added 4 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.3%. In the latest year it moved by +9.
Kensington covers 0.25 square miles of land, for 4,816 people per square mile of land. The median New York place of 5,000+ has 3,760, so Kensington is denser than the typical town.
What county Kensington is in
All of Kensington's residents live in Nassau County, which had 1,392,438 residents in 2024. Kensington holds 0.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Kensington
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Kensington by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 11021, 11023. 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 Kensington is
The Census internal point of Kensington is at 40.793100, -73.722200. Albany, the capital, is 128.5 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Great Neck Plaza, NY (7,824 people), 0.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Yonkers, NY, 13.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.793100, -73.722200
- DMS
- 40°47'35.16"N 73°43'19.92"W
- UTM
- 18N 607801.6E 4516575.0N
- Geohash
- dr7846jjh
- Plus code
- 87G8Q7VH+64
Daylight in Kensington
At 40.79° N, Kensington gets about 15 h 06 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 15 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 52 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Kensington
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New York, measured between internal points. The closest is Great Neck Plaza, 0.5 miles away, with 7,824 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Kensington, NY?
1,204 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 4 (0.3%) from 1,200 in July 2020.
What county is Kensington in?
Nassau County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Kensington?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 11021, 11023.
How far is Kensington from Albany?
128.5 miles (206.8 km) in a straight line, heading N from Kensington.
What is the nearest larger city to Kensington?
Great Neck Plaza, NY, with 7,824 residents, 0.5 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.