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Elwood, Kansas

Elwood is a city in Doniphan County, Kansas with an estimated 1,137 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 175th largest of 193 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,137; #175 of 193 in Kansas
Change since 2020: +2.1%; +23 people
Land area: 2.9 sq mi
Density: 391 / sq mi; State median 1,527

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

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Elwood population, 2020 to 2024

Elwood added 23 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.1%. In the latest year it moved by +8.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,119. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Elwood covers 2.91 square miles of land, for 391 people per square mile of land. The median Kansas place of 5,000+ has 1,527, so Elwood is less dense than the typical town.

What county Elwood is in

All of Elwood's residents live in Doniphan County, which had 7,575 residents in 2024. Elwood holds 15.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Elwood

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Elwood by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 66024, 66090. 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 Elwood is

The Census internal point of Elwood is at 39.751500, -94.893400. Topeka, the capital, is 64.2 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Wathena, KS (1,260 people), 1.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Kansas City, KS, 44.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 39.751500, -94.893400
DMS: 39°45'5.40"N 94°53'36.24"W
UTM: 15N 337790.2E 4401891.0N
Geohash: 9zhd0ss9r
Plus code: 86F7Q424+JJ

Daylight in Elwood

At 39.75° N, Elwood gets about 14 h 59 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 21 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 38 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Elwood

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Wathena, 1.9 miles away, with 1,260 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Elwood, KS?

1,137 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 23 (2.1%) from 1,114 in July 2020.

What county is Elwood in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Elwood?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 66024, 66090.

How far is Elwood from Topeka?

64.2 miles (103.4 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Elwood.

What is the nearest larger city to Elwood?

Wathena, KS, with 1,260 residents, 1.9 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.