New York · Census place 3657518

Phelps, New York

Phelps is a village in Ontario County, New York with an estimated 1,865 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 314th largest of 419 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,865
#314 of 419 in New York
Change since 2020
-0.3%
-6 people
Land area
1.2 sq mi
Density
1,608 / sq mi
State median 3,760
Orange pin: Phelps. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Albany.

Phelps population, 2020 to 2024

Phelps lost 6 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.3%. In the latest year it moved by -1.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,871. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Phelps covers 1.16 square miles of land, for 1,608 people per square mile of land. The median New York place of 5,000+ has 3,760, so Phelps is less dense than the typical town.

What county Phelps is in

All of Phelps's residents live in Ontario County, which had 113,012 residents in 2024. Phelps holds 1.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Phelps

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Phelps by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 14532. 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 Phelps is

The Census internal point of Phelps is at 42.958100, -77.062100. Albany, the capital, is 168.8 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Clifton Springs, NY (2,168 people), 3.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Rochester, NY, 31.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.958100, -77.062100
DMS
42°57'29.16"N 77°03'43.56"W
UTM
18N 331804.8E 4758224.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
87J4XW5Q+65

Daylight in Phelps

At 42.96° N, Phelps gets about 15 h 22 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 01 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 21 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Phelps

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New York, measured between internal points. The closest is Clifton Springs, 3.7 miles away, with 2,168 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Phelps, NY?

1,865 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 6 (0.3%) from 1,871 in July 2020.

What county is Phelps in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Phelps?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 14532.

How far is Phelps from Albany?

168.8 miles (271.7 km) in a straight line, heading E from Phelps.

What is the nearest larger city to Phelps?

Clifton Springs, NY, with 2,168 residents, 3.7 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.