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Ellinwood, Kansas

Ellinwood is a city in Barton County, Kansas with an estimated 1,969 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 120th largest of 193 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,969; #120 of 193 in Kansas
Change since 2020: -1.9%; -38 people
Land area: 1.4 sq mi
Density: 1,459 / sq mi; State median 1,527

Orange pin: Ellinwood. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Topeka.

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Ellinwood population, 2020 to 2024

Ellinwood lost 38 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.9%. In the latest year it moved by +10.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,013. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Ellinwood covers 1.35 square miles of land, for 1,459 people per square mile of land. The median Kansas place of 5,000+ has 1,527, so Ellinwood is close to the typical town.

What county Ellinwood is in

All of Ellinwood's residents live in Barton County, which had 24,835 residents in 2024. Ellinwood holds 7.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Ellinwood

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Ellinwood by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 67526. 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 Ellinwood is

The Census internal point of Ellinwood is at 38.357300, -98.583800. Topeka, the capital, is 163.8 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Great Bend, KS (14,306 people), 11.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Wichita, KS, 81.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 38.357300, -98.583800
DMS: 38°21'26.28"N 98°35'1.68"W
UTM: 14N 536363.3E 4245541.4N
Geohash: 9ycfhwtrq
Plus code: 86C39C48+WF

Daylight in Ellinwood

At 38.36° N, Ellinwood gets about 14 h 51 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 30 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 21 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Ellinwood

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Great Bend, 11.7 miles away, with 14,306 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Ellinwood, KS?

1,969 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 38 (1.9%) from 2,007 in July 2020.

What county is Ellinwood in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Ellinwood?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 67526.

How far is Ellinwood from Topeka?

163.8 miles (263.5 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Ellinwood.

What is the nearest larger city to Ellinwood?

Great Bend, KS, with 14,306 residents, 11.7 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.