Schenectady, New York

Schenectady population, 2020 to 2024

Schenectady added 1,148 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.7%. In the latest year it moved by +713. Among 170 New York places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 29th; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in New York has 10,324 people, so Schenectady is 6.7 times that size.

Schenectady covers 10.81 square miles of land and 0.17 of water, for 6,429 people per square mile of land. The median New York place of 5,000+ has 3,760, so Schenectady is denser than the typical town.

What county Schenectady is in

All of Schenectady's residents live in Schenectady County, which had 162,261 residents in 2024. Schenectady holds 42.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Schenectady

5 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Schenectady by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 12304, 12305, 12307, 12308, 12309. 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 Schenectady is

The Census internal point of Schenectady is at 42.802600, -73.927200. Albany, the capital, is 13.5 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Albany, NY (101,317 people), 11.5 miles away.

Daylight in Schenectady

At 42.80° N, Schenectady gets about 15 h 20 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 02 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 19 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Schenectady

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New York, measured between internal points. The closest is Scotia, 2.6 miles away, with 7,321 people.