Colorado · Census place 0857025
Palmer Lake, Colorado
Palmer Lake is a town in El Paso County, Colorado with an estimated 2,575 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 105th largest of 149 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,575
- #105 of 149 in Colorado
- Change since 2020
- -3.2%
- -84 people
- Land area
- 3.1 sq mi
- + 0.02 sq mi water
- Density
- 833 / sq mi
- State median 1,848
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Palmer Lake population, 2020 to 2024
Palmer Lake lost 84 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.2%. In the latest year it moved by -15.
Palmer Lake covers 3.09 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 833 people per square mile of land. The median Colorado place of 5,000+ has 1,848, so Palmer Lake is less dense than the typical town.
What county Palmer Lake is in
All of Palmer Lake's residents live in El Paso County, which had 752,772 residents in 2024. Palmer Lake holds 0.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Palmer Lake
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Palmer Lake by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 80132, 80133. 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 Palmer Lake is
The Census internal point of Palmer Lake is at 39.115800, -104.909200. Denver, the capital, is 43.2 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Monument, CO (13,408 people), 4.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Colorado Springs, CO, 19.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 39.115800, -104.909200
- DMS
- 39°06'56.88"N 104°54'33.12"W
- UTM
- 13N 507849.7E 4329631.1N
- Geohash
- 9wvqs8z6n
- Plus code
- 85FQ438R+88
Daylight in Palmer Lake
At 39.12° N, Palmer Lake 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 Palmer Lake
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Colorado, measured between internal points. The closest is Monument, 4.5 miles away, with 13,408 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Palmer Lake, CO?
2,575 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 84 (3.2%) from 2,659 in July 2020.
What county is Palmer Lake in?
El Paso County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Palmer Lake?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 80132, 80133.
How far is Palmer Lake from Denver?
43.2 miles (69.6 km) in a straight line, heading N from Palmer Lake.
What is the nearest larger city to Palmer Lake?
Monument, CO, with 13,408 residents, 4.5 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.