Niagara Falls, New York

Niagara Falls population, 2020 to 2024

Niagara Falls lost 1,008 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.1%. In the latest year it moved by -131. Among 170 New York places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 142nd; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in New York has 10,324 people, so Niagara Falls is 4.6 times that size.

Niagara Falls covers 14.08 square miles of land and 2.75 of water, for 3,374 people per square mile of land. The median New York place of 5,000+ has 3,760, so Niagara Falls is less dense than the typical town.

What county Niagara Falls is in

All of Niagara Falls's residents live in Niagara County, which had 209,570 residents in 2024. Niagara Falls holds 22.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Niagara Falls

5 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Niagara Falls by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 14301, 14302, 14303, 14304, 14305. 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 Niagara Falls is

The Census internal point of Niagara Falls is at 43.092800, -79.014700. Albany, the capital, is 267.9 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Buffalo, NY (276,617 people), 15.9 miles away.

Daylight in Niagara Falls

At 43.09° N, Niagara Falls 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 23 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Niagara Falls

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New York, measured between internal points. The closest is Lewiston, 5.6 miles away, with 2,497 people.