Colorado · Census place 0856970

Palisade, Colorado

Palisade is a town in Mesa County, Colorado with an estimated 2,600 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 104th largest of 149 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,600
#104 of 149 in Colorado
Change since 2020
+1.5%
+38 people
Land area
1.2 sq mi
Density
2,185 / sq mi
State median 1,848
Orange pin: Palisade. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Denver.

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Palisade population, 2020 to 2024

Palisade added 38 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.5%. In the latest year it moved by +9.

2,56220202,56320212,57820222,59120232,6002024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,557. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Palisade covers 1.19 square miles of land, for 2,185 people per square mile of land. The median Colorado place of 5,000+ has 1,848, so Palisade is denser than the typical town.

What county Palisade is in

All of Palisade's residents live in Mesa County, which had 161,260 residents in 2024. Palisade holds 1.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Palisade

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Palisade by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 81526. 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 Palisade is

The Census internal point of Palisade is at 39.107900, -108.357300. Denver, the capital, is 185.2 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Grand Junction, CO (70,554 people), 11.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Boulder, CO, 177.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.107900, -108.357300
DMS
39°06'28.44"N 108°21'26.28"W
UTM
12N 728504.8E 4332075.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
85FH4J5V+53

Daylight in Palisade

At 39.11° N, Palisade gets about 14 h 55 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 25 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 30 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Palisade

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Colorado, measured between internal points. The closest is Grand Junction, 11.3 miles away, with 70,554 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Palisade, CO?

2,600 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 38 (1.5%) from 2,562 in July 2020.

What county is Palisade in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Palisade?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 81526.

How far is Palisade from Denver?

185.2 miles (298.0 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Palisade.

What is the nearest larger city to Palisade?

Grand Junction, CO, with 70,554 residents, 11.4 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.