New York · Census place 3678520
Waterford, New York
Waterford is a village in Saratoga County, New York with an estimated 2,020 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 301st largest of 419 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,020
- #301 of 419 in New York
- Change since 2020
- -0.6%
- -13 people
- Land area
- 0.3 sq mi
- + 0.08 sq mi water
- Density
- 7,214 / sq mi
- State median 3,760
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Waterford population, 2020 to 2024
Waterford lost 13 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.6%. In the latest year it moved by -2.
Waterford covers 0.28 square miles of land and 0.08 of water, for 7,214 people per square mile of land. The median New York place of 5,000+ has 3,760, so Waterford is denser than the typical town.
What county Waterford is in
All of Waterford's residents live in Saratoga County, which had 240,360 residents in 2024. Waterford holds 0.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Waterford
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Waterford by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 12188. 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 Waterford is
The Census internal point of Waterford is at 42.792100, -73.678800. Albany, the capital, is 10.4 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Cohoes, NY (18,530 people), 2.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Albany, NY, 10.6 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 42.792100, -73.678800
- DMS
- 42°47'31.56"N 73°40'43.68"W
- UTM
- 18N 608051.9E 4738574.7N
- Geohash
- dree7qhdp
- Plus code
- 87J8Q8RC+RF
Daylight in Waterford
At 42.79° N, Waterford 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 Waterford
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New York, measured between internal points. The closest is Cohoes, 2.0 miles away, with 18,530 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Waterford, NY?
2,020 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 13 (0.6%) from 2,033 in July 2020.
What county is Waterford in?
Saratoga County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Waterford?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 12188.
How far is Waterford from Albany?
10.4 miles (16.7 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Waterford.
What is the nearest larger city to Waterford?
Cohoes, NY, with 18,530 residents, 2.0 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.