Potsdam, New York

Potsdam population, 2020 to 2024

Potsdam lost 336 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.0%. In the latest year it moved by -191. Among 170 New York places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 167th; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in New York has 10,324 people, so Potsdam is 79% of it.

Potsdam covers 4.92 square miles of land and 0.50 of water, for 1,659 people per square mile of land. The median New York place of 5,000+ has 3,760, so Potsdam is less dense than the typical town.

What county Potsdam is in

All of Potsdam's residents live in St. Lawrence County, which had 106,198 residents in 2024. Potsdam holds 7.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Potsdam

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Potsdam by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 13676, 13699. 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 Potsdam is

The Census internal point of Potsdam is at 44.670800, -74.983500. Albany, the capital, is 152.3 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Massena, NY (9,998 people), 18.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Syracuse, NY, 126.6 miles away.

Daylight in Potsdam

At 44.67° N, Potsdam gets about 15 h 35 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 48 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 46 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Potsdam

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New York, measured between internal points. The closest is Norwood, 5.4 miles away, with 1,533 people.