Watkins Glen, New York

Watkins Glen population, 2020 to 2024

Watkins Glen lost 110 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -5.9%. In the latest year it moved by -39.

Watkins Glen covers 1.56 square miles of land and 0.38 of water, for 1,119 people per square mile of land. The median New York place of 5,000+ has 3,760, so Watkins Glen is less dense than the typical town.

What county Watkins Glen is in

All of Watkins Glen's residents live in Schuyler County, which had 17,121 residents in 2024. Watkins Glen holds 10.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Watkins Glen

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Watkins Glen by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 14891. 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 Watkins Glen is

The Census internal point of Watkins Glen is at 42.380500, -76.867000. Albany, the capital, is 159.5 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Horseheads, NY (6,343 people), 14.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Syracuse, NY, 58.6 miles away.

Daylight in Watkins Glen

At 42.38° N, Watkins Glen gets about 15 h 17 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 04 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 13 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Watkins Glen

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New York, measured between internal points. The closest is Montour Falls, 2.4 miles away, with 1,527 people.