Troy, New York

Troy population, 2020 to 2024

Troy lost 246 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.5%. In the latest year it moved by +265. Among 170 New York places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 86th; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in New York has 10,324 people, so Troy is 4.9 times that size.

Troy covers 10.36 square miles of land and 0.70 of water, for 4,929 people per square mile of land. The median New York place of 5,000+ has 3,760, so Troy is denser than the typical town.

What county Troy is in

All of Troy's residents live in Rensselaer County, which had 160,749 residents in 2024. Troy holds 31.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Troy

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Troy by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 12180, 12182. 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 Troy is

The Census internal point of Troy is at 42.735800, -73.675300. Albany, the capital, is 7.1 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Albany, NY (101,317 people), 7.9 miles away.

Daylight in Troy

At 42.74° N, Troy 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 18 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Troy

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New York, measured between internal points. The closest is Green Island, 1.2 miles away, with 2,971 people.