Kansas · Census place 2019825

Edgerton, Kansas

Edgerton is a city in Johnson County, Kansas with an estimated 1,716 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 133rd largest of 193 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,716
#133 of 193 in Kansas
Change since 2020
-2.2%
-39 people
Land area
8.7 sq mi
+ 0.07 sq mi water
Density
198 / sq mi
State median 1,527
Orange pin: Edgerton. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Topeka.

Edgerton population, 2020 to 2024

Edgerton lost 39 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.2%. In the latest year it moved by -3.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,757. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Edgerton covers 8.65 square miles of land and 0.07 of water, for 198 people per square mile of land. The median Kansas place of 5,000+ has 1,527, so Edgerton is less dense than the typical town.

What county Edgerton is in

All of Edgerton's residents live in Johnson County, which had 632,276 residents in 2024. Edgerton holds 0.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Edgerton

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Edgerton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 66021, 66030. 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 Edgerton is

The Census internal point of Edgerton is at 38.769300, -94.965100. Topeka, the capital, is 42.9 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Gardner, KS (25,836 people), 3.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Olathe, KS, 11.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.769300, -94.965100
DMS
38°46'9.48"N 94°57'54.36"W
UTM
15N 329280.1E 4293009.7N
Geohash
9yukx18x8
Plus code
86C7Q29M+PX

Daylight in Edgerton

At 38.77° N, Edgerton gets about 14 h 53 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 27 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 26 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Edgerton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Gardner, 3.6 miles away, with 25,836 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Edgerton, KS?

1,716 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 39 (2.2%) from 1,755 in July 2020.

What county is Edgerton in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Edgerton?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 66021, 66030.

How far is Edgerton from Topeka?

42.9 miles (69.0 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Edgerton.

What is the nearest larger city to Edgerton?

Gardner, KS, with 25,836 residents, 3.5 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.

  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.