Oneonta, New York

Oneonta population, 2020 to 2024

Oneonta added 2,625 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +20.1%. In the latest year it moved by -26. Among 170 New York places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 2nd; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in New York has 10,324 people, so Oneonta is 1.5 times that size.

Oneonta covers 4.36 square miles of land, for 3,596 people per square mile of land. The median New York place of 5,000+ has 3,760, so Oneonta is close to the typical town.

What county Oneonta is in

All of Oneonta's residents live in Otsego County, which had 60,524 residents in 2024. Oneonta holds 25.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Oneonta

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Oneonta by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 13820. 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 Oneonta is

The Census internal point of Oneonta is at 42.454800, -75.066900. Albany, the capital, is 68.1 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Utica, NY (63,660 people), 45.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Albany, NY, 66.2 miles away.

Daylight in Oneonta

At 42.45° N, Oneonta gets about 15 h 18 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 04 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 14 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Oneonta

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New York, measured between internal points. The closest is Delhi, 14.5 miles away, with 3,362 people.