New York · Census place 3682359

Wilson, New York

Wilson is a village in Niagara County, New York with an estimated 1,219 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 387th largest of 419 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,219; #387 of 419 in New York
Change since 2020: -1.9%; -23 people
Land area: 0.8 sq mi; + 0.19 sq mi water
Density: 1,505 / sq mi; State median 3,760

Orange pin: Wilson. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Albany.

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Wilson population, 2020 to 2024

Wilson lost 23 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.9%. In the latest year it moved by -1.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,244. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Wilson covers 0.81 square miles of land and 0.19 of water, for 1,505 people per square mile of land. The median New York place of 5,000+ has 3,760, so Wilson is less dense than the typical town.

What county Wilson is in

All of Wilson's residents live in Niagara County, which had 209,570 residents in 2024. Wilson holds 0.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Wilson

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Wilson by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 14172. 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 Wilson is

The Census internal point of Wilson is at 43.314700, -78.828400. Albany, the capital, is 260.3 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Youngstown, NY (1,829 people), 11.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Buffalo, NY, 29.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 43.314700, -78.828400
DMS: 43°18'52.92"N 78°49'42.24"W
UTM: 17N 676100.1E 4798052.6N
Geohash: dpxyqjnym
Plus code: 87M3857C+VJ

Daylight in Wilson

At 43.31° N, Wilson gets about 15 h 24 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 58 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 26 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Wilson

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New York, measured between internal points. The closest is Youngstown, 11.7 miles away, with 1,829 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Wilson, NY?

1,219 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 23 (1.9%) from 1,242 in July 2020.

What county is Wilson in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Wilson?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 14172.

How far is Wilson from Albany?

260.3 miles (419.0 km) in a straight line, heading E from Wilson.

What is the nearest larger city to Wilson?

Youngstown, NY, with 1,829 residents, 11.7 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.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.