Minnesota · Census place 2769844
Wheaton, Minnesota
Wheaton is a city in Traverse County, Minnesota with an estimated 1,334 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 315th largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,334
- #315 of 357 in Minnesota
- Change since 2020
- -8.4%
- -123 people
- Land area
- 1.7 sq mi
- Density
- 767 / sq mi
- State median 1,692
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Wheaton population, 2020 to 2024
Wheaton lost 123 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -8.4%. In the latest year it moved by -19.
Wheaton covers 1.74 square miles of land, for 767 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Wheaton is less dense than the typical town.
What county Wheaton is in
All of Wheaton's residents live in Traverse County, which had 3,134 residents in 2024. Wheaton holds 42.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Wheaton
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Wheaton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 56296. 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 Wheaton is
The Census internal point of Wheaton is at 45.805900, -96.498000. Saint Paul, the capital, is 175.0 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Sisseton, SD (2,432 people), 28.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fargo, ND, 74.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 45.805900, -96.498000
- DMS
- 45°48'21.24"N 96°29'52.80"W
- UTM
- 14N 694410.3E 5075526.4N
- Geohash
- cb5ks4sq9
- Plus code
- 86Q5RG42+9R
Daylight in Wheaton
At 45.81° N, Wheaton gets about 15 h 44 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 40 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 04 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Wheaton
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Elbow Lake, 28.0 miles away, with 1,276 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Wheaton, MN?
1,334 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 123 (8.4%) from 1,457 in July 2020.
What county is Wheaton in?
Traverse County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Wheaton?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 56296.
How far is Wheaton from Saint Paul?
175.0 miles (281.6 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Wheaton.
What is the nearest larger city to Wheaton?
Sisseton, SD, with 2,432 residents, 28.2 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.
- 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.