New York · Census place 3659223

Port Chester, New York

Port Chester is a village in Westchester County, New York with an estimated 30,957 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 25th largest of 419 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
30,957
#25 of 419 in New York
Change since 2020
-2.0%
-617 people
Land area
2.3 sq mi
+ 0.07 sq mi water
Density
13,286 / sq mi
State median 3,760
Orange pin: Port Chester. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Albany.

Port Chester population, 2020 to 2024

Port Chester lost 617 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.0%. In the latest year it moved by +181. Among 170 New York places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 135th; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in New York has 10,324 people, so Port Chester is 3.0 times that size.

31.6k202031.3k202130.9k202230.8k202331.0k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 31,747. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Port Chester covers 2.33 square miles of land and 0.07 of water, for 13,286 people per square mile of land. The median New York place of 5,000+ has 3,760, so Port Chester is denser than the typical town.

What county Port Chester is in

All of Port Chester's residents live in Westchester County, which had 1,006,447 residents in 2024. Port Chester holds 3.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Port Chester

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Port Chester by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 10573. 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 Port Chester is

The Census internal point of Port Chester is at 41.004700, -73.667200. Albany, the capital, is 114.0 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Harrison, NY (31,321 people), 3.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Stamford, CT, 8.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.004700, -73.667200
DMS
41°00'16.92"N 73°40'1.92"W
UTM
18N 612084.0E 4540134.2N
Geohash
dr7978tjt
Plus code
87H8283M+V4

Daylight in Port Chester

At 41.00° N, Port Chester gets about 15 h 08 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 13 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 54 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Port Chester

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New York, measured between internal points. The closest is Rye Brook, 2.0 miles away, with 9,900 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Port Chester, NY?

30,957 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 617 (2.0%) from 31,574 in July 2020.

What county is Port Chester in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Port Chester?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 10573.

How far is Port Chester from Albany?

114.0 miles (183.4 km) in a straight line, heading N from Port Chester.

What is the nearest larger city to Port Chester?

Harrison, NY, with 31,321 residents, 3.0 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.