New York · Census place 3650617

New Rochelle, New York

New Rochelle is a city in Westchester County, New York with an estimated 85,512 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 7th largest of 419 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
85,512
#7 of 419 in New York
Change since 2020
+6.6%
+5,302 people
Land area
10.3 sq mi
+ 2.86 sq mi water
Density
8,310 / sq mi
State median 3,760
Orange pin: New Rochelle. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Albany.

New Rochelle population, 2020 to 2024

New Rochelle added 5,302 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +6.6%. In the latest year it moved by +1,277. Among 170 New York places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 10th; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in New York has 10,324 people, so New Rochelle is 8.3 times that size.

80.2k202081.5k202182.5k202284.2k202385.5k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 79,751. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

New Rochelle covers 10.29 square miles of land and 2.86 of water, for 8,310 people per square mile of land. The median New York place of 5,000+ has 3,760, so New Rochelle is denser than the typical town.

What county New Rochelle is in

All of New Rochelle's residents live in Westchester County, which had 1,006,447 residents in 2024. New Rochelle holds 8.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in New Rochelle

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap New Rochelle by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 10801, 10804, 10805. 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 New Rochelle is

The Census internal point of New Rochelle is at 40.923200, -73.779300. Albany, the capital, is 119.5 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Yonkers, NY (211,040 people), 4.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.923200, -73.779300
DMS
40°55'23.52"N 73°46'45.48"W
UTM
18N 602782.9E 4530948.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
87G8W6FC+77

Daylight in New Rochelle

At 40.92° N, New Rochelle 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 New Rochelle

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New York, measured between internal points. The closest is Larchmont, 1.4 miles away, with 6,640 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of New Rochelle, NY?

85,512 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 5,302 (6.6%) from 80,210 in July 2020.

What county is New Rochelle in?

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

What ZIP codes cover New Rochelle?

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 10801, 10804, 10805.

How far is New Rochelle from Albany?

119.5 miles (192.4 km) in a straight line, heading N from New Rochelle.

What is the nearest larger city to New Rochelle?

Yonkers, NY, with 211,040 residents, 4.8 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.