Olathe, Colorado

Olathe population, 2020 to 2024

Olathe lost 40 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.0%. In the latest year it moved by +2.

Olathe covers 1.51 square miles of land, for 1,305 people per square mile of land. The median Colorado place of 5,000+ has 1,848, so Olathe is less dense than the typical town.

What county Olathe is in

All of Olathe's residents live in Montrose County, which had 44,806 residents in 2024. Olathe holds 4.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Olathe

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Olathe by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 81425. 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 Olathe is

The Census internal point of Olathe is at 38.608500, -107.983300. Denver, the capital, is 178.6 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Delta, CO (9,688 people), 11.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lakewood, CO, 171.0 miles away.

Daylight in Olathe

At 38.61° N, Olathe gets about 14 h 52 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 28 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 24 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Olathe

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Colorado, measured between internal points. The closest is Delta, 11.7 miles away, with 9,688 people.