New York · Census place 3678553

Waterloo, New York

Waterloo is a village in Seneca County, New York with an estimated 4,722 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 178th largest of 419 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,722
#178 of 419 in New York
Change since 2020
-2.7%
-129 people
Land area
2.2 sq mi
+ 0.05 sq mi water
Density
2,186 / sq mi
State median 3,760
Orange pin: Waterloo. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Albany.

Waterloo population, 2020 to 2024

Waterloo lost 129 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.7%. In the latest year it moved by +8.

4,85120204,78320214,72420224,71420234,7222024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,873. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Waterloo covers 2.16 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 2,186 people per square mile of land. The median New York place of 5,000+ has 3,760, so Waterloo is less dense than the typical town.

What county Waterloo is in

All of Waterloo's residents live in Seneca County, which had 32,650 residents in 2024. Waterloo holds 14.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Waterloo

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Waterloo by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 13165. 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 Waterloo is

The Census internal point of Waterloo is at 42.904600, -76.859000. Albany, the capital, is 158.3 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Geneva, NY (12,397 people), 6.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Syracuse, NY, 37.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.904600, -76.859000
DMS
42°54'16.56"N 76°51'32.40"W
UTM
18N 348239.8E 4751897.3N
Geohash
dr9k548cr
Plus code
87J5W43R+RC

Daylight in Waterloo

At 42.90° N, Waterloo 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 20 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Waterloo

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New York, measured between internal points. The closest is Geneva, 6.9 miles away, with 12,397 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Waterloo, NY?

4,722 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 129 (2.7%) from 4,851 in July 2020.

What county is Waterloo in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Waterloo?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 13165.

How far is Waterloo from Albany?

158.3 miles (254.7 km) in a straight line, heading E from Waterloo.

What is the nearest larger city to Waterloo?

Geneva, NY, with 12,397 residents, 6.9 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.