Colorado · Census place 0856860

Pagosa Springs, Colorado

Pagosa Springs is a town in Archuleta County, Colorado with an estimated 1,793 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 122nd largest of 149 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,793
#122 of 149 in Colorado
Change since 2020
+10.7%
+174 people
Land area
5.1 sq mi
+ 0.03 sq mi water
Density
354 / sq mi
State median 1,848
Orange pin: Pagosa Springs. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Denver.

Pagosa Springs population, 2020 to 2024

Pagosa Springs added 174 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +10.7%. In the latest year it moved by +17.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,607. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Pagosa Springs covers 5.06 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 354 people per square mile of land. The median Colorado place of 5,000+ has 1,848, so Pagosa Springs is less dense than the typical town.

What county Pagosa Springs is in

All of Pagosa Springs's residents live in Archuleta County, which had 14,112 residents in 2024. Pagosa Springs holds 12.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Pagosa Springs

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Pagosa Springs by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 81147. 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 Pagosa Springs is

The Census internal point of Pagosa Springs is at 37.263400, -107.003600. Denver, the capital, is 202.9 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bayfield, CO (2,923 people), 32.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Rio Rancho, NM, 137.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
37.263400, -107.003600
DMS
37°15'48.24"N 107°00'12.96"W
UTM
13N 322334.6E 4125974.2N
Geohash
9wegvpd75
Plus code
859J7X7W+9H

Daylight in Pagosa Springs

At 37.26° N, Pagosa Springs gets about 14 h 44 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 36 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 08 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Pagosa Springs

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Colorado, measured between internal points. The closest is Bayfield, 32.5 miles away, with 2,923 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Pagosa Springs, CO?

1,793 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 174 (10.7%) from 1,619 in July 2020.

What county is Pagosa Springs in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Pagosa Springs?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 81147.

How far is Pagosa Springs from Denver?

202.9 miles (326.5 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Pagosa Springs.

What is the nearest larger city to Pagosa Springs?

Bayfield, CO, with 2,923 residents, 32.5 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.