Wahpeton, North Dakota

Wahpeton population, 2020 to 2024

Wahpeton added 105 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.3%. In the latest year it moved by +77. Among 14 North Dakota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 6th; the median place changed by +0.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in North Dakota has 25,242 people, so Wahpeton is 32% of it.

Wahpeton covers 5.36 square miles of land, for 1,514 people per square mile of land. The median North Dakota place of 5,000+ has 1,621, so Wahpeton is close to the typical town.

What county Wahpeton is in

All of Wahpeton's residents live in Richland County, which had 16,658 residents in 2024. Wahpeton holds 48.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Wahpeton

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Wahpeton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 58075, 58076. 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 Wahpeton is

The Census internal point of Wahpeton is at 46.272100, -96.612200. Bismarck, the capital, is 201.8 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Fergus Falls, MN (14,258 people), 25.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fargo, ND, 42.2 miles away.

Daylight in Wahpeton

At 46.27° N, Wahpeton gets about 15 h 48 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 36 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 11 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Wahpeton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Dakota, measured between internal points. The closest is Kindred, 32.4 miles away, with 1,030 people.