New York · Census place 3667411

Silver Creek, New York

Silver Creek is a village in Chautauqua County, New York with an estimated 2,574 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 264th largest of 419 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,574
#264 of 419 in New York
Change since 2020
-2.8%
-73 people
Land area
1.2 sq mi
Density
2,238 / sq mi
State median 3,760
Orange pin: Silver Creek. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Albany.

Silver Creek population, 2020 to 2024

Silver Creek lost 73 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.8%. In the latest year it moved by -14.

2,64720202,62820212,59720222,58820232,5742024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,650. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Silver Creek covers 1.15 square miles of land, for 2,238 people per square mile of land. The median New York place of 5,000+ has 3,760, so Silver Creek is less dense than the typical town.

What county Silver Creek is in

All of Silver Creek's residents live in Chautauqua County, which had 124,105 residents in 2024. Silver Creek holds 2.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Silver Creek

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Silver Creek by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 14136. 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 Silver Creek is

The Census internal point of Silver Creek is at 42.541200, -79.169000. Albany, the capital, is 275.3 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Dunkirk, NY (12,379 people), 9.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Buffalo, NY, 28.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.541200, -79.169000
DMS
42°32'28.32"N 79°10'8.40"W
UTM
17N 650349.6E 4711492.5N
Geohash
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Plus code
87J2GRRJ+FC

Daylight in Silver Creek

At 42.54° N, Silver Creek gets about 15 h 18 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 03 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 15 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Silver Creek

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New York, measured between internal points. The closest is Dunkirk, 9.3 miles away, with 12,379 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Silver Creek, NY?

2,574 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 73 (2.8%) from 2,647 in July 2020.

What county is Silver Creek in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Silver Creek?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 14136.

How far is Silver Creek from Albany?

275.3 miles (443.1 km) in a straight line, heading E from Silver Creek.

What is the nearest larger city to Silver Creek?

Dunkirk, NY, with 12,379 residents, 9.3 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.