Colorado · Census place 0883230
Wellington, Colorado
Wellington is a town in Larimer County, Colorado with an estimated 12,100 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 48th largest of 149 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 12,100
- #48 of 149 in Colorado
- Change since 2020
- +8.6%
- +956 people
- Land area
- 3.8 sq mi
- Density
- 3,151 / sq mi
- State median 1,848
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Wellington population, 2020 to 2024
Wellington added 956 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +8.6%. In the latest year it moved by +3. Among 79 Colorado places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 18th; the median place changed by +3.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Colorado has 14,061 people, so Wellington is 86% of it.
Wellington covers 3.84 square miles of land, for 3,151 people per square mile of land. The median Colorado place of 5,000+ has 1,848, so Wellington is denser than the typical town.
What county Wellington is in
All of Wellington's residents live in Larimer County, which had 374,574 residents in 2024. Wellington holds 3.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Wellington
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Wellington by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 80549. 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 Wellington is
The Census internal point of Wellington is at 40.700700, -105.005700. Denver, the capital, is 66.5 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Fort Collins, CO (170,924 people), 11.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.700700, -105.005700
- DMS
- 40°42'2.52"N 105°00'20.52"W
- UTM
- 13N 499518.5E 4505532.8N
- Geohash
- 9xjrd934v
- Plus code
- 85GPPX2V+7P
Daylight in Wellington
At 40.70° N, Wellington gets about 15 h 06 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 15 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 50 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Wellington
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Colorado, measured between internal points. The closest is Fort Collins, 11.0 miles away, with 170,924 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Wellington, CO?
12,100 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 956 (8.6%) from 11,144 in July 2020.
What county is Wellington in?
Larimer County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Wellington?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 80549.
How far is Wellington from Denver?
66.5 miles (107.0 km) in a straight line, heading S from Wellington.
What is the nearest larger city to Wellington?
Fort Collins, CO, with 170,924 residents, 11.0 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.