New York · Census place 3665255

Saratoga Springs, New York

Saratoga Springs is a city in Saratoga County, New York with an estimated 28,741 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 28th largest of 419 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
28,741
#28 of 419 in New York
Change since 2020
+0.7%
+190 people
Land area
28.1 sq mi
+ 0.81 sq mi water
Density
1,024 / sq mi
State median 3,760
Orange pin: Saratoga Springs. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Albany.

Saratoga Springs population, 2020 to 2024

Saratoga Springs added 190 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.7%. In the latest year it moved by +168. Among 170 New York places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 49th; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in New York has 10,324 people, so Saratoga Springs is 2.8 times that size.

28.6k202028.7k202128.6k202228.6k202328.7k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 28,511. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Saratoga Springs covers 28.06 square miles of land and 0.81 of water, for 1,024 people per square mile of land. The median New York place of 5,000+ has 3,760, so Saratoga Springs is less dense than the typical town.

What county Saratoga Springs is in

All of Saratoga Springs's residents live in Saratoga County, which had 240,360 residents in 2024. Saratoga Springs holds 12.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Saratoga Springs

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Saratoga Springs by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 12866. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Saratoga Springs is

The Census internal point of Saratoga Springs is at 43.067700, -73.778100. Albany, the capital, is 28.7 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Schenectady, NY (69,495 people), 19.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Albany, NY, 27.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
43.067700, -73.778100
DMS
43°04'3.72"N 73°46'41.16"W
UTM
18N 599486.2E 4769057.3N
Geohash
dret10hrt
Plus code
87M8369C+3Q

Daylight in Saratoga Springs

At 43.07° N, Saratoga Springs gets about 15 h 22 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 00 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 23 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Saratoga Springs

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New York, measured between internal points. The closest is Ballston Spa, 5.8 miles away, with 4,930 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Saratoga Springs, NY?

28,741 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 190 (0.7%) from 28,551 in July 2020.

What county is Saratoga Springs in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Saratoga Springs?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 12866.

How far is Saratoga Springs from Albany?

28.7 miles (46.1 km) in a straight line, heading S from Saratoga Springs.

What is the nearest larger city to Saratoga Springs?

Schenectady, NY, with 69,495 residents, 19.8 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.