New York · Census place 3660675

Ravena, New York

Ravena is a village in Albany County, New York with an estimated 3,246 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 222nd largest of 419 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,246
#222 of 419 in New York
Change since 2020
-0.6%
-18 people
Land area
1.5 sq mi
Density
2,208 / sq mi
State median 3,760
Orange pin: Ravena. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Albany.

Ravena population, 2020 to 2024

Ravena lost 18 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.6%. In the latest year it moved by +16.

3,26420203,24920213,23120223,23020233,2462024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,270. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Ravena covers 1.47 square miles of land, for 2,208 people per square mile of land. The median New York place of 5,000+ has 3,760, so Ravena is less dense than the typical town.

What county Ravena is in

All of Ravena's residents live in Albany County, which had 319,964 residents in 2024. Ravena holds 1.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Ravena

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Ravena by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 12143. 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 Ravena is

The Census internal point of Ravena is at 42.475500, -73.811200. Albany, the capital, is 12.6 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Rensselaer, NY (9,453 people), 12.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Albany, NY, 13.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.475500, -73.811200
DMS
42°28'31.80"N 73°48'40.32"W
UTM
18N 597717.9E 4703257.3N
Geohash
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Plus code
87J8F5GQ+6G

Daylight in Ravena

At 42.48° N, Ravena gets about 15 h 18 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 04 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 14 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Ravena

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New York, measured between internal points. The closest is Castleton-on-Hudson, 5.3 miles away, with 1,471 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Ravena, NY?

3,246 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 18 (0.6%) from 3,264 in July 2020.

What county is Ravena in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Ravena?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 12143.

How far is Ravena from Albany?

12.6 miles (20.2 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Ravena.

What is the nearest larger city to Ravena?

Rensselaer, NY, with 9,453 residents, 12.4 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.