Kansas · Census place 2026725

Goddard, Kansas

Goddard is a city in Sedgwick County, Kansas with an estimated 6,009 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 58th largest of 193 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
6,009
#58 of 193 in Kansas
Change since 2020
+17.0%
+874 people
Land area
5.6 sq mi
+ 0.09 sq mi water
Density
1,065 / sq mi
State median 1,527
Orange pin: Goddard. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Topeka.

Goddard population, 2020 to 2024

Goddard added 874 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +17.0%. In the latest year it moved by +279. Among 63 Kansas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 4th; the median place changed by +0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Kansas has 11,560 people, so Goddard is 52% of it.

5,13520205,38820215,56220225,73020236,0092024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 5,092. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Goddard covers 5.64 square miles of land and 0.09 of water, for 1,065 people per square mile of land. The median Kansas place of 5,000+ has 1,527, so Goddard is less dense than the typical town.

What county Goddard is in

All of Goddard's residents live in Sedgwick County, which had 536,081 residents in 2024. Goddard holds 1.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Goddard

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Goddard by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 67052. 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 Goddard is

The Census internal point of Goddard is at 37.664200, -97.557600. Topeka, the capital, is 139.6 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Maize, KS (7,059 people), 9.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Wichita, KS, 11.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
37.664200, -97.557600
DMS
37°39'51.12"N 97°33'27.36"W
UTM
14N 627217.6E 4169537.0N
Geohash
9ydwk089z
Plus code
8694MC7R+MX

Daylight in Goddard

At 37.66° N, Goddard gets about 14 h 46 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 33 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 13 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Goddard

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Colwich, 8.2 miles away, with 1,454 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Goddard, KS?

6,009 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 874 (17.0%) from 5,135 in July 2020.

What county is Goddard in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Goddard?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 67052.

How far is Goddard from Topeka?

139.6 miles (224.7 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Goddard.

What is the nearest larger city to Goddard?

Maize, KS, with 7,059 residents, 9.4 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.