New York · Census place 3666047

Sea Cliff, New York

Sea Cliff is a village in Nassau County, New York with an estimated 5,024 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 169th largest of 419 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
5,024
#169 of 419 in New York
Change since 2020
-0.7%
-37 people
Land area
1.1 sq mi
+ 0.85 sq mi water
Density
4,486 / sq mi
State median 3,760
Orange pin: Sea Cliff. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Albany.

Sea Cliff population, 2020 to 2024

Sea Cliff lost 37 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.7%. In the latest year it moved by +14. Among 170 New York places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 97th; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in New York has 10,324 people, so Sea Cliff is 49% of it.

5,06120205,05020215,01620225,01020235,0242024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 5,060. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Sea Cliff covers 1.12 square miles of land and 0.85 of water, for 4,486 people per square mile of land. The median New York place of 5,000+ has 3,760, so Sea Cliff is denser than the typical town.

What county Sea Cliff is in

All of Sea Cliff's residents live in Nassau County, which had 1,392,438 residents in 2024. Sea Cliff holds 0.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Sea Cliff

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Sea Cliff by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 11579. 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 Sea Cliff is

The Census internal point of Sea Cliff is at 40.846200, -73.650400. Albany, the capital, is 125.0 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Glen Cove, NY (28,088 people), 2.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Yonkers, NY, 13.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.846200, -73.650400
DMS
40°50'46.32"N 73°39'1.44"W
UTM
18N 613768.4E 4522560.5N
Geohash
dr78k5c6m
Plus code
87G8R8WX+FR

Daylight in Sea Cliff

At 40.85° N, Sea Cliff gets about 15 h 07 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 14 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 52 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Sea Cliff

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New York, measured between internal points. The closest is Old Brookville, 2.5 miles away, with 2,100 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Sea Cliff, NY?

5,024 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 37 (0.7%) from 5,061 in July 2020.

What county is Sea Cliff in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Sea Cliff?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 11579.

How far is Sea Cliff from Albany?

125.0 miles (201.1 km) in a straight line, heading N from Sea Cliff.

What is the nearest larger city to Sea Cliff?

Glen Cove, NY, with 28,088 residents, 2.7 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.