Colorado · Census place 0823135
Edgewater, Colorado
Edgewater is a city in Jefferson County, Colorado with an estimated 4,880 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 82nd largest of 149 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,880
- #82 of 149 in Colorado
- Change since 2020
- -2.5%
- -127 people
- Land area
- 0.7 sq mi
- Density
- 6,971 / sq mi
- State median 1,848
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Edgewater population, 2020 to 2024
Edgewater lost 127 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.5%. In the latest year it moved by -15.
Edgewater covers 0.70 square miles of land, for 6,971 people per square mile of land. The median Colorado place of 5,000+ has 1,848, so Edgewater is denser than the typical town.
What county Edgewater is in
All of Edgewater's residents live in Jefferson County, which had 578,533 residents in 2024. Edgewater holds 0.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Edgewater
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Edgewater by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 80214. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Edgewater is
The Census internal point of Edgewater is at 39.750800, -105.062600. Denver, the capital, is 4.2 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Wheat Ridge, CO (31,999 people), 2.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lakewood, CO, 4.6 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 39.750800, -105.062600
- DMS
- 39°45'2.88"N 105°03'45.36"W
- UTM
- 13N 494637.1E 4400100.9N
- Geohash
- 9xj61hrtp
- Plus code
- 85FPQW2P+8X
Daylight in Edgewater
At 39.75° N, Edgewater gets about 14 h 59 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 21 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 38 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Edgewater
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Colorado, measured between internal points. The closest is Wheat Ridge, 2.7 miles away, with 31,999 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Edgewater, CO?
4,880 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 127 (2.5%) from 5,007 in July 2020.
What county is Edgewater in?
Jefferson County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Edgewater?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 80214.
How far is Edgewater from Denver?
4.2 miles (6.8 km) in a straight line, heading E from Edgewater.
What is the nearest larger city to Edgewater?
Wheat Ridge, CO, with 31,999 residents, 2.7 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.
- 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.