Idaho · Census place 1686320

Wendell, Idaho

Wendell is a city in Gooding County, Idaho with an estimated 3,032 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 51st largest of 86 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,032
#51 of 86 in Idaho
Change since 2020
+3.6%
+104 people
Land area
1.4 sq mi
Density
2,150 / sq mi
State median 2,389
Orange pin: Wendell. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Boise.

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Wendell population, 2020 to 2024

Wendell added 104 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.6%. In the latest year it moved by +7.

2,92820202,95020212,97720223,02520233,0322024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,918. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Wendell covers 1.41 square miles of land, for 2,150 people per square mile of land. The median Idaho place of 5,000+ has 2,389, so Wendell is close to the typical town.

What county Wendell is in

All of Wendell's residents live in Gooding County, which had 16,189 residents in 2024. Wendell holds 18.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Wendell

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Wendell by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 83355. 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 Wendell is

The Census internal point of Wendell is at 42.774700, -114.703000. Boise, the capital, is 95.9 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Jerome, ID (13,481 people), 10.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Boise City, ID, 95.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.774700, -114.703000
DMS
42°46'28.92"N 114°42'10.80"W
UTM
11N 687911.3E 4738354.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
85J7Q7FW+VR

Daylight in Wendell

At 42.77° N, Wendell gets about 15 h 20 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 02 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 18 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Wendell

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Idaho, measured between internal points. The closest is Jerome, 10.3 miles away, with 13,481 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Wendell, ID?

3,032 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 104 (3.6%) from 2,928 in July 2020.

What county is Wendell in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Wendell?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 83355.

How far is Wendell from Boise?

95.9 miles (154.3 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Wendell.

What is the nearest larger city to Wendell?

Jerome, ID, with 13,481 residents, 10.3 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.