Scotia, New York

Scotia population, 2020 to 2024

Scotia added 59 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.8%. In the latest year it moved by +80. Among 170 New York places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 46th; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in New York has 10,324 people, so Scotia is 71% of it.

Scotia covers 1.69 square miles of land and 0.10 of water, for 4,332 people per square mile of land. The median New York place of 5,000+ has 3,760, so Scotia is denser than the typical town.

What county Scotia is in

All of Scotia's residents live in Schenectady County, which had 162,261 residents in 2024. Scotia holds 4.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Scotia

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Scotia by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 12302. 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 Scotia is

The Census internal point of Scotia is at 42.832000, -73.960400. Albany, the capital, is 16.1 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Schenectady, NY (69,495 people), 2.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Albany, NY, 14.1 miles away.

Daylight in Scotia

At 42.83° N, Scotia gets about 15 h 21 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 01 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 Scotia

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New York, measured between internal points. The closest is Schenectady, 2.6 miles away, with 69,495 people.