Colorado · Census place 0829955
Gilcrest, Colorado
Gilcrest is a town in Weld County, Colorado with an estimated 1,017 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 148th largest of 149 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,017
- #148 of 149 in Colorado
- Change since 2020
- -0.5%
- -5 people
- Land area
- 0.8 sq mi
- Density
- 1,256 / sq mi
- State median 1,848
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Gilcrest population, 2020 to 2024
Gilcrest lost 5 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.5%. In the latest year it moved by +12.
Gilcrest covers 0.81 square miles of land, for 1,256 people per square mile of land. The median Colorado place of 5,000+ has 1,848, so Gilcrest is less dense than the typical town.
What county Gilcrest is in
All of Gilcrest's residents live in Weld County, which had 369,745 residents in 2024. Gilcrest holds 0.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Gilcrest
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Gilcrest by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 80623, 80651. 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 Gilcrest is
The Census internal point of Gilcrest is at 40.284200, -104.782000. Denver, the capital, is 39.2 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Milliken, CO (9,102 people), 4.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Greeley, CO, 9.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.284200, -104.782000
- DMS
- 40°17'3.12"N 104°46'55.20"W
- UTM
- 13N 518531.0E 4459324.2N
- Geohash
- 9xjmpts06
- Plus code
- 85GQ76M9+M6
Daylight in Gilcrest
At 40.28° N, Gilcrest gets about 15 h 03 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 18 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 45 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Gilcrest
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Colorado, measured between internal points. The closest is Milliken, 4.4 miles away, with 9,102 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Gilcrest, CO?
1,017 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 5 (0.5%) from 1,022 in July 2020.
What county is Gilcrest in?
Weld County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Gilcrest?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 80623, 80651.
How far is Gilcrest from Denver?
39.2 miles (63.0 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Gilcrest.
What is the nearest larger city to Gilcrest?
Milliken, CO, with 9,102 residents, 4.4 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.