Arizona · Census place 0481480

Wellton, Arizona

Wellton is a town in Yuma County, Arizona with an estimated 2,648 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 75th largest of 85 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 2,648; #75 of 85 in Arizona
Change since 2020: +11.1%; +265 people
Land area: 29.0 sq mi
Density: 91 / sq mi; State median 980

Orange pin: Wellton. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Phoenix.

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Wellton population, 2020 to 2024

Wellton added 265 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +11.1%. In the latest year it moved by +46.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,369. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Wellton covers 28.97 square miles of land, for 91 people per square mile of land. The median Arizona place of 5,000+ has 980, so Wellton is less dense than the typical town.

What county Wellton is in

All of Wellton's residents live in Yuma County, which had 220,310 residents in 2024. Wellton holds 1.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Wellton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Wellton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 85356. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Wellton is

The Census internal point of Wellton is at 32.640100, -114.215200. Phoenix, the capital, is 136.0 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Yuma, AZ (103,559 people), 19.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 32.640100, -114.215200
DMS: 32°38'24.36"N 114°12'54.72"W
UTM: 11N 761238.8E 3614815.4N
Geohash: 9myc8vzn2
Plus code: 8547JQRM+2W

Daylight in Wellton

At 32.64° N, Wellton gets about 14 h 18 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 00 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 18 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Wellton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arizona, measured between internal points. The closest is Yuma, 19.8 miles away, with 103,559 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Wellton, AZ?

2,648 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 265 (11.1%) from 2,383 in July 2020.

What county is Wellton in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Wellton?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 85356.

How far is Wellton from Phoenix?

136.0 miles (218.9 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Wellton.

What is the nearest larger city to Wellton?

Yuma, AZ, with 103,559 residents, 19.8 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.