Idaho · Census place 1687670

Wilder, Idaho

Wilder is a city in Canyon County, Idaho with an estimated 1,725 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 70th largest of 86 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,725; #70 of 86 in Idaho
Change since 2020: +8.1%; +129 people
Land area: 0.8 sq mi
Density: 2,270 / sq mi; State median 2,389

Orange pin: Wilder. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Boise.

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Wilder population, 2020 to 2024

Wilder added 129 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +8.1%. In the latest year it moved by +31.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,599. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Wilder covers 0.76 square miles of land, for 2,270 people per square mile of land. The median Idaho place of 5,000+ has 2,389, so Wilder is close to the typical town.

What county Wilder is in

All of Wilder's residents live in Canyon County, which had 266,892 residents in 2024. Wilder holds 0.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Wilder

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Wilder by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 83676. 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 Wilder is

The Census internal point of Wilder is at 43.677500, -116.907600. Boise, the capital, is 34.9 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Homedale, ID (3,147 people), 4.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Nampa, ID, 18.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 43.677500, -116.907600
DMS: 43°40'39.00"N 116°54'27.36"W
UTM: 11N 507448.1E 4836058.6N
Geohash: 9rub7xnrz
Plus code: 85M5M3HR+2X

Daylight in Wilder

At 43.68° N, Wilder gets about 15 h 27 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 56 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 Wilder

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Idaho, measured between internal points. The closest is Homedale, 4.5 miles away, with 3,147 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Wilder, ID?

1,725 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 129 (8.1%) from 1,596 in July 2020.

What county is Wilder in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Wilder?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 83676.

How far is Wilder from Boise?

34.9 miles (56.1 km) in a straight line, heading E from Wilder.

What is the nearest larger city to Wilder?

Homedale, ID, with 3,147 residents, 4.5 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.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.