Wellington, Kansas

Wellington population, 2020 to 2024

Wellington lost 121 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.6%. In the latest year it moved by -41. Among 63 Kansas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 52nd; the median place changed by +0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Kansas has 11,560 people, so Wellington is 65% of it.

Wellington covers 7.62 square miles of land and 0.89 of water, for 992 people per square mile of land. The median Kansas place of 5,000+ has 1,527, so Wellington is less dense than the typical town.

What county Wellington is in

All of Wellington's residents live in Sumner County, which had 22,336 residents in 2024. Wellington holds 33.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Wellington

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Wellington by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 67103, 67152. 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 Wellington is

The Census internal point of Wellington is at 37.278100, -97.406700. Topeka, the capital, is 154.1 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Haysville, KS (11,406 people), 20.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Wichita, KS, 28.7 miles away.

Daylight in Wellington

At 37.28° N, Wellington gets about 14 h 44 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 36 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 08 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Wellington

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Belle Plaine, 10.6 miles away, with 1,445 people.