Minnesota · Census place 2768818

Wayzata, Minnesota

Wayzata is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota with an estimated 4,308 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 171st largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,308
#171 of 357 in Minnesota
Change since 2020
-2.5%
-112 people
Land area
3.1 sq mi
+ 1.60 sq mi water
Density
1,394 / sq mi
State median 1,692
Orange pin: Wayzata. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Saint Paul.

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Wayzata population, 2020 to 2024

Wayzata lost 112 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.5%. In the latest year it moved by +12.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,432. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Wayzata covers 3.09 square miles of land and 1.60 of water, for 1,394 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Wayzata is less dense than the typical town.

What county Wayzata is in

All of Wayzata's residents live in Hennepin County, which had 1,273,334 residents in 2024. Wayzata 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 Wayzata

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Wayzata by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55391. 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 Wayzata is

The Census internal point of Wayzata is at 44.970000, -93.518200. Saint Paul, the capital, is 20.4 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Orono, MN (8,228 people), 3.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Minneapolis, MN, 12.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
44.970000, -93.518200
DMS
44°58'12.00"N 93°31'5.52"W
UTM
15N 459136.6E 4979748.4N
Geohash
9zvrzfw15
Plus code
86P8XFCJ+2P

Daylight in Wayzata

At 44.97° N, Wayzata 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 Wayzata

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Deephaven, 2.7 miles away, with 3,762 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Wayzata, MN?

4,308 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 112 (2.5%) from 4,420 in July 2020.

What county is Wayzata in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Wayzata?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 55391.

How far is Wayzata from Saint Paul?

20.4 miles (32.8 km) in a straight line, heading E from Wayzata.

What is the nearest larger city to Wayzata?

Orono, MN, with 8,228 residents, 3.5 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.