West Carthage, New York

West Carthage population, 2020 to 2024

West Carthage lost 18 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.0%. In the latest year it moved by -7.

West Carthage covers 1.31 square miles of land and 0.10 of water, for 1,335 people per square mile of land. The median New York place of 5,000+ has 3,760, so West Carthage is less dense than the typical town.

What county West Carthage is in

All of West Carthage's residents live in Jefferson County, which had 113,140 residents in 2024. West Carthage holds 1.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in West Carthage

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps West Carthage by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 13619. 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 West Carthage is

The Census internal point of West Carthage is at 43.973600, -75.621600. Albany, the capital, is 130.8 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Carthage, NY (3,257 people), 1.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Syracuse, NY, 69.5 miles away.

Daylight in West Carthage

At 43.97° N, West Carthage gets about 15 h 29 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 53 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 36 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near West Carthage

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New York, measured between internal points. The closest is Carthage, 1.1 miles away, with 3,257 people.