Kansas · Census place 2075325

Wamego, Kansas

Wamego is a city in Pottawatomie County, Kansas with an estimated 4,888 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 66th largest of 193 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 4,888; #66 of 193 in Kansas
Change since 2020: +1.0%; +48 people
Land area: 2.6 sq mi; + 0.04 sq mi water
Density: 1,852 / sq mi; State median 1,527

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

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Wamego population, 2020 to 2024

Wamego added 48 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.0%. In the latest year it moved by +26.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,845. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Wamego covers 2.64 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 1,852 people per square mile of land. The median Kansas place of 5,000+ has 1,527, so Wamego is denser than the typical town.

What county Wamego is in

All of Wamego's residents live in Pottawatomie County, which had 26,876 residents in 2024. Wamego holds 18.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Wamego

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Wamego by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 66547. 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 Wamego is

The Census internal point of Wamego is at 39.205300, -96.310100. Topeka, the capital, is 35.6 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Manhattan, KS (54,700 people), 15.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Topeka, KS, 35.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 39.205300, -96.310100
DMS: 39°12'19.08"N 96°18'36.36"W
UTM: 14N 732265.9E 4343007.1N
Geohash: 9ygx03j5k
Plus code: 86F56M4Q+4X

Daylight in Wamego

At 39.21° N, Wamego gets about 14 h 56 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 24 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 31 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Wamego

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kansas, measured between internal points. The closest is St. George, 5.9 miles away, with 1,150 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Wamego, KS?

4,888 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 48 (1.0%) from 4,840 in July 2020.

What county is Wamego in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Wamego?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 66547.

How far is Wamego from Topeka?

35.6 miles (57.3 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Wamego.

What is the nearest larger city to Wamego?

Manhattan, KS, with 54,700 residents, 15.9 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.