Kansas · Census place 2077500

Westwood, Kansas

Westwood is a city in Johnson County, Kansas with an estimated 1,719 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 132nd largest of 193 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,719
#132 of 193 in Kansas
Change since 2020
-1.7%
-30 people
Land area
0.4 sq mi
Density
4,193 / sq mi
State median 1,527
Orange pin: Westwood. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Topeka.

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Westwood population, 2020 to 2024

Westwood lost 30 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.7%. In the latest year it moved by +1.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,748. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Westwood covers 0.41 square miles of land, for 4,193 people per square mile of land. The median Kansas place of 5,000+ has 1,527, so Westwood is denser than the typical town.

What county Westwood is in

All of Westwood's residents live in Johnson County, which had 632,276 residents in 2024. Westwood holds 0.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Westwood

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Westwood by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 66205. 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 Westwood is

The Census internal point of Westwood is at 39.039400, -94.615600. Topeka, the capital, is 57.0 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Roeland Park, KS (6,689 people), 1.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Kansas City, MO, 6.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.039400, -94.615600
DMS
39°02'21.84"N 94°36'56.16"W
UTM
15N 360176.1E 4322390.7N
Geohash
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Plus code
86F729QM+QQ

Daylight in Westwood

At 39.04° N, Westwood 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 29 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Westwood

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Roeland Park, 1.2 miles away, with 6,689 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Westwood, KS?

1,719 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 30 (1.7%) from 1,749 in July 2020.

What county is Westwood in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Westwood?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 66205.

How far is Westwood from Topeka?

57.0 miles (91.8 km) in a straight line, heading W from Westwood.

What is the nearest larger city to Westwood?

Roeland Park, KS, with 6,689 residents, 1.2 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.