Colorado · Census place 0864200
Ridgway, Colorado
Ridgway is a town in Ouray County, Colorado with an estimated 1,281 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 138th largest of 149 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,281
- #138 of 149 in Colorado
- Change since 2020
- +8.6%
- +101 people
- Land area
- 1.9 sq mi
- Density
- 692 / sq mi
- State median 1,848
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Ridgway population, 2020 to 2024
Ridgway added 101 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +8.6%. In the latest year it moved by +34.
Ridgway covers 1.85 square miles of land, for 692 people per square mile of land. The median Colorado place of 5,000+ has 1,848, so Ridgway is less dense than the typical town.
What county Ridgway is in
All of Ridgway's residents live in Ouray County, which had 5,197 residents in 2024. Ridgway holds 24.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Ridgway
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Ridgway by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 81432. 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 Ridgway is
The Census internal point of Ridgway is at 38.157200, -107.754600. Denver, the capital, is 184.6 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Telluride, CO (2,486 people), 15.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Colorado Springs, CO, 169.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 38.157200, -107.754600
- DMS
- 38°09'25.92"N 107°45'16.56"W
- UTM
- 13N 258648.4E 4226842.9N
- Geohash
- 9wg35fr3z
- Plus code
- 85CJ564W+V5
Daylight in Ridgway
At 38.16° N, Ridgway gets about 14 h 49 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 31 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 Ridgway
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Colorado, measured between internal points. The closest is Telluride, 15.4 miles away, with 2,486 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Ridgway, CO?
1,281 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 101 (8.6%) from 1,180 in July 2020.
What county is Ridgway in?
Ouray County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Ridgway?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 81432.
How far is Ridgway from Denver?
184.6 miles (297.1 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Ridgway.
What is the nearest larger city to Ridgway?
Telluride, CO, with 2,486 residents, 15.4 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.
- 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.