Colorado · Census place 0840515

Kersey, Colorado

Kersey is a town in Weld County, Colorado with an estimated 1,499 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 130th largest of 149 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,499
#130 of 149 in Colorado
Change since 2020
-0.7%
-11 people
Land area
2.4 sq mi
Density
632 / sq mi
State median 1,848
Orange pin: Kersey. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Denver.

Kersey population, 2020 to 2024

Kersey lost 11 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.7%. In the latest year it moved by +7.

1,51020201,50520211,50720221,49220231,4992024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,505. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Kersey covers 2.37 square miles of land, for 632 people per square mile of land. The median Colorado place of 5,000+ has 1,848, so Kersey is less dense than the typical town.

What county Kersey is in

All of Kersey's residents live in Weld County, which had 369,745 residents in 2024. Kersey holds 0.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Kersey

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Kersey by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 80631, 80644. 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 Kersey is

The Census internal point of Kersey is at 40.395600, -104.578300. Denver, the capital, is 50.2 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is La Salle, CO (2,303 people), 7.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Greeley, CO, 10.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.395600, -104.578300
DMS
40°23'44.16"N 104°34'41.88"W
UTM
13N 535787.7E 4471751.8N
Geohash
9xjtu3b3k
Plus code
85GQ9CWC+6M

Daylight in Kersey

At 40.40° N, Kersey gets about 15 h 04 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 Kersey

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Colorado, measured between internal points. The closest is La Salle, 7.5 miles away, with 2,303 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Kersey, CO?

1,499 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 11 (0.7%) from 1,510 in July 2020.

What county is Kersey in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Kersey?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 80631, 80644.

How far is Kersey from Denver?

50.2 miles (80.8 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Kersey.

What is the nearest larger city to Kersey?

La Salle, CO, with 2,303 residents, 7.5 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.