Kansas · Census place 2051825

Oakley, Kansas

Oakley is a city in 3 counties of Kansas with an estimated 1,996 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 117th largest of 193 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,996
#117 of 193 in Kansas
Change since 2020
-1.8%
-36 people
Land area
1.9 sq mi
Density
1,029 / sq mi
State median 1,527
Orange pin: Oakley. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Topeka.

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Oakley population, 2020 to 2024

Oakley lost 36 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.8%. In the latest year it moved by +11.

2,03220202,01220212,00720221,98520231,9962024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,045. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Oakley covers 1.94 square miles of land, for 1,029 people per square mile of land. The median Kansas place of 5,000+ has 1,527, so Oakley is less dense than the typical town.

The 3 counties Oakley spans

Oakley crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 1,996 residents as follows; Logan County holds 97.5% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Logan County1,946
  2. 02Thomas County45
  3. 03Gove County5
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Oakley

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Oakley by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 67748. 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 Oakley is

The Census internal point of Oakley is at 39.123500, -100.845200. Topeka, the capital, is 277.1 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Colby, KS (5,539 people), 20.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Aurora, CO, 210.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.123500, -100.845200
DMS
39°07'24.60"N 100°50'42.72"W
UTM
14N 340493.3E 4332102.6N
Geohash
9ybq94nyb
Plus code
85FX45F3+CW

Daylight in Oakley

At 39.12° N, Oakley gets about 14 h 55 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 25 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 30 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Oakley

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Colby, 21.0 miles away, with 5,539 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Oakley, KS?

1,996 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 36 (1.8%) from 2,032 in July 2020.

What county is Oakley in?

It spans 3 counties: Logan County (1,946 residents), Thomas County (45 residents), Gove County (5 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Oakley?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 67748.

How far is Oakley from Topeka?

277.1 miles (446.0 km) in a straight line, heading E from Oakley.

What is the nearest larger city to Oakley?

Colby, KS, with 5,539 residents, 20.9 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.

  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)

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