Colorado · Census place 0825115

Estes Park, Colorado

Estes Park is a town in Larimer County, Colorado with an estimated 5,795 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 77th largest of 149 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
5,795
#77 of 149 in Colorado
Change since 2020
-1.8%
-107 people
Land area
6.7 sq mi
+ 0.08 sq mi water
Density
865 / sq mi
State median 1,848
Orange pin: Estes Park. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Denver.

Estes Park population, 2020 to 2024

Estes Park lost 107 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.8%. In the latest year it moved by -43. Among 79 Colorado places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 68th; the median place changed by +3.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Colorado has 14,061 people, so Estes Park is 41% of it.

5,90220205,86920215,86720225,83820235,7952024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 5,901. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Estes Park covers 6.70 square miles of land and 0.08 of water, for 865 people per square mile of land. The median Colorado place of 5,000+ has 1,848, so Estes Park is less dense than the typical town.

What county Estes Park is in

All of Estes Park's residents live in Larimer County, which had 374,574 residents in 2024. Estes Park 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 Estes Park

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Estes Park by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 80517. 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 Estes Park is

The Census internal point of Estes Park is at 40.367000, -105.533900. Denver, the capital, is 52.2 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Loveland, CO (81,102 people), 25.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fort Collins, CO, 27.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.367000, -105.533900
DMS
40°22'1.20"N 105°32'2.04"W
UTM
13N 454671.3E 4468628.7N
Geohash
9xhvws8dc
Plus code
85GP9F88+QC

Daylight in Estes Park

At 40.37° N, Estes Park gets about 15 h 03 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 17 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 46 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Estes Park

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Colorado, measured between internal points. The closest is Lyons, 17.2 miles away, with 2,155 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Estes Park, CO?

5,795 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 107 (1.8%) from 5,902 in July 2020.

What county is Estes Park in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Estes Park?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 80517.

How far is Estes Park from Denver?

52.2 miles (84.0 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Estes Park.

What is the nearest larger city to Estes Park?

Loveland, CO, with 81,102 residents, 25.0 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

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