Colorado · Census place 0882350
Walsenburg, Colorado
Walsenburg is a city in Huerfano County, Colorado with an estimated 3,035 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 96th largest of 149 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,035
- #96 of 149 in Colorado
- Change since 2020
- -0.4%
- -12 people
- Land area
- 3.0 sq mi
- Density
- 1,015 / sq mi
- State median 1,848
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Walsenburg population, 2020 to 2024
Walsenburg lost 12 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.4%. In the latest year it moved by -46.
Walsenburg covers 2.99 square miles of land, for 1,015 people per square mile of land. The median Colorado place of 5,000+ has 1,848, so Walsenburg is less dense than the typical town.
What county Walsenburg is in
All of Walsenburg's residents live in Huerfano County, which had 6,988 residents in 2024. Walsenburg holds 43.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Walsenburg
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Walsenburg by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 81089. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Walsenburg is
The Census internal point of Walsenburg is at 37.630600, -104.781700. Denver, the capital, is 146.1 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Trinidad, CO (8,183 people), 35.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pueblo, CO, 45.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 37.630600, -104.781700
- DMS
- 37°37'50.16"N 104°46'54.12"W
- UTM
- 13N 519261.9E 4164853.0N
- Geohash
- 9wtqpdkq1
- Plus code
- 859QJ6J9+68
Daylight in Walsenburg
At 37.63° N, Walsenburg gets about 14 h 46 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 34 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 12 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Walsenburg
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Colorado, measured between internal points. The closest is Trinidad, 35.4 miles away, with 8,183 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Walsenburg, CO?
3,035 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 12 (0.4%) from 3,047 in July 2020.
What county is Walsenburg in?
Huerfano County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Walsenburg?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 81089.
How far is Walsenburg from Denver?
146.1 miles (235.1 km) in a straight line, heading N from Walsenburg.
What is the nearest larger city to Walsenburg?
Trinidad, CO, with 8,183 residents, 35.4 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.