Minnesota · Census place 2711008

Chatfield, Minnesota

Chatfield is a city in 2 counties of Minnesota with an estimated 3,023 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 214th largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,023
#214 of 357 in Minnesota
Change since 2020
+0.7%
+20 people
Land area
2.6 sq mi
Density
1,167 / sq mi
State median 1,692
Orange pin: Chatfield. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Saint Paul.

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Chatfield population, 2020 to 2024

Chatfield added 20 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.7%. In the latest year it moved by +25.

3,00320203,00620213,01320222,99820233,0232024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,002. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Chatfield covers 2.59 square miles of land, for 1,167 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Chatfield is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Chatfield spans

Chatfield crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 3,023 residents as follows; Fillmore County holds 61.6% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Fillmore County1,861
  2. 02Olmsted County1,162
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Chatfield

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Chatfield by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55923. 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 Chatfield is

The Census internal point of Chatfield is at 43.844500, -92.182900. Saint Paul, the capital, is 89.1 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is St. Charles, MN (4,057 people), 10.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Rochester, MN, 18.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
43.844500, -92.182900
DMS
43°50'40.20"N 92°10'58.44"W
UTM
15N 565681.2E 4854926.5N
Geohash
9zy3qmdkw
Plus code
86M9RRV8+QR

Daylight in Chatfield

At 43.84° N, Chatfield gets about 15 h 28 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 54 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 34 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Chatfield

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Eyota, 10.2 miles away, with 2,025 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Chatfield, MN?

3,023 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 20 (0.7%) from 3,003 in July 2020.

What county is Chatfield in?

It spans 2 counties: Fillmore County (1,861 residents), Olmsted County (1,162 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Chatfield?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 55923.

How far is Chatfield from Saint Paul?

89.1 miles (143.5 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Chatfield.

What is the nearest larger city to Chatfield?

St. Charles, MN, with 4,057 residents, 10.6 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.