Kansas · Census place 2052000
Oberlin, Kansas
Oberlin is a city in Decatur County, Kansas with an estimated 1,610 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 139th largest of 193 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,610
- #139 of 193 in Kansas
- Change since 2020
- -1.1%
- -18 people
- Land area
- 1.9 sq mi
- Density
- 843 / sq mi
- State median 1,527
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Oberlin population, 2020 to 2024
Oberlin lost 18 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.1%. In the latest year it moved by -8.
Oberlin covers 1.91 square miles of land, for 843 people per square mile of land. The median Kansas place of 5,000+ has 1,527, so Oberlin is less dense than the typical town.
What county Oberlin is in
All of Oberlin's residents live in Decatur County, which had 2,716 residents in 2024. Oberlin holds 59.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Oberlin
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Oberlin by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 67749. 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 Oberlin is
The Census internal point of Oberlin is at 39.823000, -100.530700. Topeka, the capital, is 264.4 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is McCook, NE (7,212 people), 26.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lincoln, NE, 214.2 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 39.823000, -100.530700
- DMS
- 39°49'22.80"N 100°31'50.52"W
- UTM
- 14N 369000.3E 4409233.1N
- Geohash
- 9z0d83ecb
- Plus code
- 85FXRFF9+6P
Daylight in Oberlin
At 39.82° N, Oberlin gets about 15 h 00 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 21 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 39 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Oberlin
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Atwood, 27.1 miles away, with 1,223 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Oberlin, KS?
1,610 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 18 (1.1%) from 1,628 in July 2020.
What county is Oberlin in?
Decatur County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Oberlin?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 67749.
How far is Oberlin from Topeka?
264.4 miles (425.5 km) in a straight line, heading E from Oberlin.
What is the nearest larger city to Oberlin?
McCook, NE, with 7,212 residents, 26.8 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.