Colorado · Census place 0844320

Leadville, Colorado

Leadville is a city in Lake County, Colorado with an estimated 2,624 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 103rd largest of 149 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,624
#103 of 149 in Colorado
Change since 2020
+0.1%
+3 people
Land area
1.2 sq mi
Density
2,243 / sq mi
State median 1,848
Orange pin: Leadville. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Denver.

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Leadville population, 2020 to 2024

Leadville added 3 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.1%. In the latest year it moved by -3.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,630. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Leadville covers 1.17 square miles of land, for 2,243 people per square mile of land. The median Colorado place of 5,000+ has 1,848, so Leadville is denser than the typical town.

What county Leadville is in

All of Leadville's residents live in Lake County, which had 7,369 residents in 2024. Leadville holds 35.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Leadville

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Leadville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 80461. 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 Leadville is

The Census internal point of Leadville is at 39.247300, -106.293500. Denver, the capital, is 77.6 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Breckenridge, CO (4,892 people), 21.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lakewood, CO, 70.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.247300, -106.293500
DMS
39°14'50.28"N 106°17'36.60"W
UTM
13N 388382.6E 4345017.5N
Geohash
9wurm0z2j
Plus code
85FM6PW4+WJ

Daylight in Leadville

At 39.25° N, Leadville gets about 14 h 56 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 24 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 32 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Leadville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Colorado, measured between internal points. The closest is Breckenridge, 22.0 miles away, with 4,892 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Leadville, CO?

2,624 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 3 (0.1%) from 2,621 in July 2020.

What county is Leadville in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Leadville?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 80461.

How far is Leadville from Denver?

77.6 miles (124.9 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Leadville.

What is the nearest larger city to Leadville?

Breckenridge, CO, with 4,892 residents, 21.9 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.