Idaho · Census place 1643030

Ketchum, Idaho

Ketchum is a city in Blaine County, Idaho with an estimated 3,609 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 44th largest of 86 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,609
#44 of 86 in Idaho
Change since 2020
+1.4%
+51 people
Land area
3.2 sq mi
+ 0.05 sq mi water
Density
1,124 / sq mi
State median 2,389
Orange pin: Ketchum. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Boise.

Ketchum population, 2020 to 2024

Ketchum added 51 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.4%. In the latest year it moved by -20.

3,55820203,57720213,60020223,62920233,6092024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,547. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Ketchum covers 3.21 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 1,124 people per square mile of land. The median Idaho place of 5,000+ has 2,389, so Ketchum is less dense than the typical town.

What county Ketchum is in

All of Ketchum's residents live in Blaine County, which had 25,261 residents in 2024. Ketchum holds 14.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Ketchum

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Ketchum by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 83340. 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 Ketchum is

The Census internal point of Ketchum is at 43.687200, -114.372500. Boise, the capital, is 92.2 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hailey, ID (9,976 people), 12.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Boise City, ID, 93.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
43.687200, -114.372500
DMS
43°41'13.92"N 114°22'21.00"W
UTM
11N 711764.6E 4840486.9N
Geohash
9ry8t3h2r
Plus code
85M7MJPH+V2

Daylight in Ketchum

At 43.69° N, Ketchum gets about 15 h 27 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 55 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 31 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Ketchum

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Idaho, measured between internal points. The closest is Sun Valley, 1.9 miles away, with 1,771 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Ketchum, ID?

3,609 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 51 (1.4%) from 3,558 in July 2020.

What county is Ketchum in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Ketchum?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 83340.

How far is Ketchum from Boise?

92.2 miles (148.4 km) in a straight line, heading W from Ketchum.

What is the nearest larger city to Ketchum?

Hailey, ID, with 9,976 residents, 12.6 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.