Watkins, Minnesota

Watkins population, 2020 to 2024

Watkins added 20 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.0%. In the latest year it moved by -5.

Watkins covers 0.69 square miles of land, for 1,464 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Watkins is less dense than the typical town.

What county Watkins is in

All of Watkins's residents live in Meeker County, which had 23,491 residents in 2024. Watkins holds 4.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Watkins

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Watkins by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55389. 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 Watkins is

The Census internal point of Watkins is at 45.315800, -94.412000. Saint Paul, the capital, is 68.5 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Eden Valley, MN (1,068 people), 6.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Minneapolis, MN, 60.8 miles away.

Daylight in Watkins

At 45.32° N, Watkins gets about 15 h 40 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 44 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 56 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Watkins

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Eden Valley, 6.5 miles away, with 1,068 people.