New York · Census place 3682678
Wolcott, New York
Wolcott is a village in Wayne County, New York with an estimated 1,575 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 351st largest of 419 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,575
- #351 of 419 in New York
- Change since 2020
- -1.7%
- -27 people
- Land area
- 2.0 sq mi
- + 0.02 sq mi water
- Density
- 808 / sq mi
- State median 3,760
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Wolcott population, 2020 to 2024
Wolcott lost 27 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.7%. In the latest year it moved by -4.
Wolcott covers 1.95 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 808 people per square mile of land. The median New York place of 5,000+ has 3,760, so Wolcott is less dense than the typical town.
What county Wolcott is in
All of Wolcott's residents live in Wayne County, which had 90,757 residents in 2024. Wolcott holds 1.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Wolcott
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Wolcott by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 14590. 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 Wolcott is
The Census internal point of Wolcott is at 43.222800, -76.812100. Albany, the capital, is 159.5 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Clyde, NY (2,126 people), 10.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Syracuse, NY, 36.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 43.222800, -76.812100
- DMS
- 43°13'22.08"N 76°48'43.56"W
- UTM
- 18N 352831.9E 4787150.9N
- Geohash
- dr9muh7ph
- Plus code
- 87M565FQ+45
Daylight in Wolcott
At 43.22° N, Wolcott gets about 15 h 23 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 59 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 25 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Wolcott
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New York, measured between internal points. The closest is Clyde, 10.0 miles away, with 2,126 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Wolcott, NY?
1,575 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 27 (1.7%) from 1,602 in July 2020.
What county is Wolcott in?
Wayne County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Wolcott?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 14590.
How far is Wolcott from Albany?
159.5 miles (256.6 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Wolcott.
What is the nearest larger city to Wolcott?
Clyde, NY, with 2,126 residents, 10.0 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.