Montrose, Colorado

Montrose population, 2020 to 2024

Montrose added 1,262 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +6.2%. In the latest year it moved by +252. Among 79 Colorado places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 24th; the median place changed by +3.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Colorado has 14,061 people, so Montrose is 1.5 times that size.

Montrose covers 18.89 square miles of land, for 1,146 people per square mile of land. The median Colorado place of 5,000+ has 1,848, so Montrose is less dense than the typical town.

What county Montrose is in

All of Montrose's residents live in Montrose County, which had 44,806 residents in 2024. Montrose holds 48.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Montrose

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Montrose by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 81401, 81403. 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 Montrose is

The Census internal point of Montrose is at 38.468900, -107.859000. Denver, the capital, is 177.3 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Grand Junction, CO (70,554 people), 57.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Colorado Springs, CO, 169.4 miles away.

Daylight in Montrose

At 38.47° N, Montrose gets about 14 h 51 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 29 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 22 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Montrose

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Colorado, measured between internal points. The closest is Olathe, 11.8 miles away, with 1,970 people.