Kansas · Census place 2079950

Winfield, Kansas

Winfield is a city in Cowley County, Kansas with an estimated 11,678 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 31st largest of 193 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
11,678
#31 of 193 in Kansas
Change since 2020
-0.8%
-91 people
Land area
11.1 sq mi
+ 1.37 sq mi water
Density
1,048 / sq mi
State median 1,527
Orange pin: Winfield. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Topeka.

Winfield population, 2020 to 2024

Winfield lost 91 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.8%. In the latest year it moved by -12. Among 63 Kansas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 46th; the median place changed by +0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Kansas has 11,560 people, so Winfield is 1.0 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 11,787. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Winfield covers 11.14 square miles of land and 1.37 of water, for 1,048 people per square mile of land. The median Kansas place of 5,000+ has 1,527, so Winfield is less dense than the typical town.

What county Winfield is in

All of Winfield's residents live in Cowley County, which had 34,186 residents in 2024. Winfield holds 34.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Winfield

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Winfield by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 67019, 67156. 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 Winfield is

The Census internal point of Winfield is at 37.242800, -96.979700. Topeka, the capital, is 143.3 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Arkansas City, KS (11,761 people), 12.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Wichita, KS, 36.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
37.242800, -96.979700
DMS
37°14'34.08"N 96°58'46.92"W
UTM
14N 679195.2E 4123720.0N
Geohash
9ye5c5ve1
Plus code
869562VC+44

Daylight in Winfield

At 37.24° N, Winfield 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 Winfield

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Oxford, 10.6 miles away, with 1,036 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Winfield, KS?

11,678 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 91 (0.8%) from 11,769 in July 2020.

What county is Winfield in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Winfield?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 67019, 67156.

How far is Winfield from Topeka?

143.3 miles (230.7 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Winfield.

What is the nearest larger city to Winfield?

Arkansas City, KS, with 11,761 residents, 12.2 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.