Colorado · Census place 0830780
Glenwood Springs, Colorado
Glenwood Springs is a city in Garfield County, Colorado with an estimated 10,311 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 53rd largest of 149 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 10,311
- #53 of 149 in Colorado
- Change since 2020
- +3.0%
- +303 people
- Land area
- 5.8 sq mi
- Density
- 1,766 / sq mi
- State median 1,848
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Glenwood Springs population, 2020 to 2024
Glenwood Springs added 303 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.0%. In the latest year it moved by +34. Among 79 Colorado places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 39th; the median place changed by +3.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Colorado has 14,061 people, so Glenwood Springs is 73% of it.
Glenwood Springs covers 5.84 square miles of land, for 1,766 people per square mile of land. The median Colorado place of 5,000+ has 1,848, so Glenwood Springs is close to the typical town.
What county Glenwood Springs is in
All of Glenwood Springs's residents live in Garfield County, which had 63,167 residents in 2024. Glenwood Springs holds 16.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Glenwood Springs
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Glenwood Springs by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 81601. 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 Glenwood Springs is
The Census internal point of Glenwood Springs is at 39.547100, -107.342600. Denver, the capital, is 126.1 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Rifle, CO (10,663 people), 22.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Boulder, CO, 115.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 39.547100, -107.342600
- DMS
- 39°32'49.56"N 107°20'33.36"W
- UTM
- 13N 298710.8E 4380112.6N
- Geohash
- 9x58vr7d8
- Plus code
- 85FJGMW4+RX
Daylight in Glenwood Springs
At 39.55° N, Glenwood Springs gets about 14 h 58 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 22 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 36 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Glenwood Springs
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Colorado, measured between internal points. The closest is New Castle, 10.0 miles away, with 4,894 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Glenwood Springs, CO?
10,311 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 303 (3.0%) from 10,008 in July 2020.
What county is Glenwood Springs in?
Garfield County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Glenwood Springs?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 81601.
How far is Glenwood Springs from Denver?
126.1 miles (203.0 km) in a straight line, heading E from Glenwood Springs.
What is the nearest larger city to Glenwood Springs?
Rifle, CO, with 10,663 residents, 22.8 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.
- 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.