Idaho Springs, Colorado

Idaho Springs population, 2020 to 2024

Idaho Springs lost 98 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -5.5%. In the latest year it moved by -9.

Idaho Springs covers 2.38 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 714 people per square mile of land. The median Colorado place of 5,000+ has 1,848, so Idaho Springs is less dense than the typical town.

What county Idaho Springs is in

All of Idaho Springs's residents live in Clear Creek County, which had 9,076 residents in 2024. Idaho Springs holds 18.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Idaho Springs

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Idaho Springs by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 80452. 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 Idaho Springs is

The Census internal point of Idaho Springs is at 39.749300, -105.503800. Denver, the capital, is 27.6 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Golden, CO (20,151 people), 15.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Arvada, CO, 19.6 miles away.

Daylight in Idaho Springs

At 39.75° N, Idaho Springs 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 Idaho Springs

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Colorado, measured between internal points. The closest is Georgetown, 10.4 miles away, with 1,257 people.