Colorado · Census place 0856145

Ordway, Colorado

Ordway is a town in Crowley County, Colorado with an estimated 1,067 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 147th largest of 149 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,067
#147 of 149 in Colorado
Change since 2020
+1.2%
+13 people
Land area
0.8 sq mi
Density
1,386 / sq mi
State median 1,848
Orange pin: Ordway. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Denver.

Ordway population, 2020 to 2024

Ordway added 13 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.2%. In the latest year it moved by +3.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,061. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Ordway covers 0.77 square miles of land, for 1,386 people per square mile of land. The median Colorado place of 5,000+ has 1,848, so Ordway is less dense than the typical town.

What county Ordway is in

All of Ordway's residents live in Crowley County, which had 5,600 residents in 2024. Ordway holds 19.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Ordway

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Ordway by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 81063. 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 Ordway is

The Census internal point of Ordway is at 38.220900, -103.756700. Denver, the capital, is 123.9 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Rocky Ford, CO (3,781 people), 12.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pueblo, CO, 46.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.220900, -103.756700
DMS
38°13'15.24"N 103°45'24.12"W
UTM
13N 608832.2E 4231055.4N
Geohash
9wy1qvysv
Plus code
85CR66CV+98

Daylight in Ordway

At 38.22° N, Ordway gets about 14 h 50 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 30 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 19 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Ordway

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Colorado, measured between internal points. The closest is Rocky Ford, 12.0 miles away, with 3,781 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Ordway, CO?

1,067 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 13 (1.2%) from 1,054 in July 2020.

What county is Ordway in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Ordway?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 81063.

How far is Ordway from Denver?

123.9 miles (199.4 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Ordway.

What is the nearest larger city to Ordway?

Rocky Ford, CO, with 3,781 residents, 12.0 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.