Colorado · Census place 0845530

Lochbuie, Colorado

Lochbuie is a town in Weld County, Colorado with an estimated 8,599 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 61st largest of 149 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
8,599
#61 of 149 in Colorado
Change since 2020
+4.7%
+386 people
Land area
3.7 sq mi
+ 0.02 sq mi water
Density
2,330 / sq mi
State median 1,848
Orange pin: Lochbuie. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Denver.

Lochbuie population, 2020 to 2024

Lochbuie added 386 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.7%. In the latest year it moved by +237. Among 79 Colorado places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 29th; the median place changed by +3.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Colorado has 14,061 people, so Lochbuie is 61% of it.

8,21320208,18020218,19920228,36220238,5992024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 8,104. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Lochbuie covers 3.69 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 2,330 people per square mile of land. The median Colorado place of 5,000+ has 1,848, so Lochbuie is denser than the typical town.

What county Lochbuie is in

All of Lochbuie's residents live in Weld County, which had 369,745 residents in 2024. Lochbuie holds 2.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Lochbuie

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Lochbuie by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 80603. 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 Lochbuie is

The Census internal point of Lochbuie is at 40.009100, -104.726500. Denver, the capital, is 23.2 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Brighton, CO (43,473 people), 4.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Thornton, CO, 12.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.009100, -104.726500
DMS
40°00'32.76"N 104°43'35.40"W
UTM
13N 523342.8E 4428803.0N
Geohash
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Plus code
85GQ275F+JC

Daylight in Lochbuie

At 40.01° N, Lochbuie gets about 15 h 01 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 20 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 41 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Lochbuie

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Colorado, measured between internal points. The closest is Brighton, 4.7 miles away, with 43,473 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Lochbuie, CO?

8,599 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 386 (4.7%) from 8,213 in July 2020.

What county is Lochbuie in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Lochbuie?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 80603.

How far is Lochbuie from Denver?

23.2 miles (37.3 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Lochbuie.

What is the nearest larger city to Lochbuie?

Brighton, CO, with 43,473 residents, 4.7 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)

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