New York · Census place 3657001

Pelham, New York

Pelham is a village in Westchester County, New York with an estimated 7,579 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 115th largest of 419 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
7,579
#115 of 419 in New York
Change since 2020
+3.8%
+277 people
Land area
0.8 sq mi
Density
9,243 / sq mi
State median 3,760
Orange pin: Pelham. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Albany.

Pelham population, 2020 to 2024

Pelham added 277 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.8%. In the latest year it moved by +395. Among 170 New York places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 14th; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in New York has 10,324 people, so Pelham is 73% of it.

7,30220207,23620217,21320227,18420237,5792024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 7,327. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Pelham covers 0.82 square miles of land, for 9,243 people per square mile of land. The median New York place of 5,000+ has 3,760, so Pelham is denser than the typical town.

What county Pelham is in

All of Pelham's residents live in Westchester County, which had 1,006,447 residents in 2024. Pelham holds 0.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Pelham

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Pelham by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 10803. 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 Pelham is

The Census internal point of Pelham is at 40.911100, -73.807700. Albany, the capital, is 120.4 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Mount Vernon, NY (71,999 people), 1.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Yonkers, NY, 3.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.911100, -73.807700
DMS
40°54'39.96"N 73°48'27.72"W
UTM
18N 600409.9E 4529572.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
87G8W56R+CW

Daylight in Pelham

At 40.91° N, Pelham 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 Pelham

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New York, measured between internal points. The closest is Mount Vernon, 1.1 miles away, with 71,999 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Pelham, NY?

7,579 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 277 (3.8%) from 7,302 in July 2020.

What county is Pelham in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Pelham?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 10803.

How far is Pelham from Albany?

120.4 miles (193.7 km) in a straight line, heading N from Pelham.

What is the nearest larger city to Pelham?

Mount Vernon, NY, with 71,999 residents, 1.1 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.