Minnesota · Census place 2768548
Watertown, Minnesota
Watertown is a city in Carver County, Minnesota with an estimated 4,774 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 161st largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,774
- #161 of 357 in Minnesota
- Change since 2020
- +1.9%
- +89 people
- Land area
- 2.6 sq mi
- + 0.05 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,815 / sq mi
- State median 1,692
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Watertown population, 2020 to 2024
Watertown added 89 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.9%. In the latest year it moved by -26.
Watertown covers 2.63 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 1,815 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Watertown is close to the typical town.
What county Watertown is in
All of Watertown's residents live in Carver County, which had 112,628 residents in 2024. Watertown holds 4.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Watertown
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Watertown by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55388. 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 Watertown is
The Census internal point of Watertown is at 44.960200, -93.843900. Saint Paul, the capital, is 36.3 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Delano, MN (7,513 people), 6.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Minneapolis, MN, 28.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 44.960200, -93.843900
- DMS
- 44°57'36.72"N 93°50'38.04"W
- UTM
- 15N 433441.7E 4978875.5N
- Geohash
- 9zvrb8bbn
- Plus code
- 86P8X564+3C
Daylight in Watertown
At 44.96° N, Watertown gets about 15 h 37 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 46 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 51 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Watertown
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Mayer, 5.5 miles away, with 2,534 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Watertown, MN?
4,774 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 89 (1.9%) from 4,685 in July 2020.
What county is Watertown in?
Carver County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Watertown?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 55388.
How far is Watertown from Saint Paul?
36.3 miles (58.4 km) in a straight line, heading E from Watertown.
What is the nearest larger city to Watertown?
Delano, MN, with 7,513 residents, 6.0 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.