New York · Census place 3657639

Philmont, New York

Philmont is a village in Columbia County, New York with an estimated 1,483 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 360th largest of 419 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,483
#360 of 419 in New York
Change since 2020
-2.5%
-38 people
Land area
1.2 sq mi
+ 0.04 sq mi water
Density
1,216 / sq mi
State median 3,760
Orange pin: Philmont. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Albany.

Philmont population, 2020 to 2024

Philmont lost 38 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.5%. In the latest year it moved by -8.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,524. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Philmont covers 1.22 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 1,216 people per square mile of land. The median New York place of 5,000+ has 3,760, so Philmont is less dense than the typical town.

What county Philmont is in

All of Philmont's residents live in Columbia County, which had 60,299 residents in 2024. Philmont holds 2.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Philmont

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Philmont by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 12565. 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 Philmont is

The Census internal point of Philmont is at 42.249000, -73.646900. Albany, the capital, is 28.5 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hudson, NY (5,735 people), 7.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Albany, NY, 29.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.249000, -73.646900
DMS
42°14'56.40"N 73°38'48.84"W
UTM
18N 611623.6E 4678309.3N
Geohash
dre8k55yq
Plus code
87J869X3+J6

Daylight in Philmont

At 42.25° N, Philmont gets about 15 h 16 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 05 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 11 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Philmont

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New York, measured between internal points. The closest is Hudson, 7.1 miles away, with 5,735 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Philmont, NY?

1,483 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 38 (2.5%) from 1,521 in July 2020.

What county is Philmont in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Philmont?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 12565.

How far is Philmont from Albany?

28.5 miles (45.8 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Philmont.

What is the nearest larger city to Philmont?

Hudson, NY, with 5,735 residents, 7.1 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.