Kansas · Census place 2029600

Halstead, Kansas

Halstead is a city in Harvey County, Kansas with an estimated 2,144 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 109th largest of 193 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,144
#109 of 193 in Kansas
Change since 2020
-1.4%
-30 people
Land area
1.5 sq mi
Density
1,459 / sq mi
State median 1,527
Orange pin: Halstead. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Topeka.

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Halstead population, 2020 to 2024

Halstead lost 30 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.4%. In the latest year it moved by -6.

2,17420202,16420212,15920222,15020232,1442024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,177. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Halstead covers 1.47 square miles of land, for 1,459 people per square mile of land. The median Kansas place of 5,000+ has 1,527, so Halstead is close to the typical town.

What county Halstead is in

All of Halstead's residents live in Harvey County, which had 33,642 residents in 2024. Halstead holds 6.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Halstead

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Halstead by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 67056. 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 Halstead is

The Census internal point of Halstead is at 38.001800, -97.508500. Topeka, the capital, is 122.5 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Newton, KS (18,320 people), 9.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Wichita, KS, 23.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.001800, -97.508500
DMS
38°00'6.48"N 97°30'30.60"W
UTM
14N 630950.1E 4207064.3N
Geohash
9yf8jnh2x
Plus code
86C42F2R+PH

Daylight in Halstead

At 38.00° N, Halstead gets about 14 h 48 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 32 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 17 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Halstead

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Sedgwick, 7.5 miles away, with 1,582 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Halstead, KS?

2,144 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 30 (1.4%) from 2,174 in July 2020.

What county is Halstead in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Halstead?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 67056.

How far is Halstead from Topeka?

122.5 miles (197.1 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Halstead.

What is the nearest larger city to Halstead?

Newton, KS, with 18,320 residents, 9.3 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.