Watervliet, New York

Watervliet population, 2020 to 2024

Watervliet lost 89 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.9%. In the latest year it moved by +42. Among 170 New York places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 102nd; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in New York has 10,324 people, so Watervliet is 99% of it.

Watervliet covers 1.34 square miles of land and 0.13 of water, for 7,663 people per square mile of land. The median New York place of 5,000+ has 3,760, so Watervliet is denser than the typical town.

What county Watervliet is in

All of Watervliet's residents live in Albany County, which had 319,964 residents in 2024. Watervliet holds 3.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Watervliet

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Watervliet by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 12189. 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 Watervliet is

The Census internal point of Watervliet is at 42.724900, -73.707000. Albany, the capital, is 5.6 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Troy, NY (51,065 people), 1.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Albany, NY, 6.2 miles away.

Daylight in Watervliet

At 42.72° N, Watervliet 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 Watervliet

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New York, measured between internal points. The closest is Green Island, 1.8 miles away, with 2,971 people.