Oklahoma · Census place 4079450

Weatherford, Oklahoma

Weatherford is a city in Custer County, Oklahoma with an estimated 12,047 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 39th largest of 212 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
12,047
#39 of 212 in Oklahoma
Change since 2020
-0.1%
-15 people
Land area
7.7 sq mi
Density
1,571 / sq mi
State median 896
Orange pin: Weatherford. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Oklahoma City.

Weatherford population, 2020 to 2024

Weatherford lost 15 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.1%. In the latest year it moved by -4. Among 75 Oklahoma places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 57th; the median place changed by +2.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Oklahoma has 12,358 people, so Weatherford is 97% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 12,086. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Weatherford covers 7.67 square miles of land, for 1,571 people per square mile of land. The median Oklahoma place of 5,000+ has 896, so Weatherford is denser than the typical town.

What county Weatherford is in

All of Weatherford's residents live in Custer County, which had 28,266 residents in 2024. Weatherford 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 Weatherford

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Weatherford by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 73096. 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 Weatherford is

The Census internal point of Weatherford is at 35.537400, -98.684300. Oklahoma City, the capital, is 66.5 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is El Reno, OK (20,041 people), 40.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Oklahoma City, OK, 66.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
35.537400, -98.684300
DMS
35°32'14.64"N 98°41'3.48"W
UTM
14N 528618.6E 3932687.2N
Geohash
9y3f4mkk3
Plus code
8673G8P8+X7

Daylight in Weatherford

At 35.54° N, Weatherford gets about 14 h 34 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 45 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 49 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Weatherford

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oklahoma, measured between internal points. The closest is Thomas, 14.7 miles away, with 1,138 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Weatherford, OK?

12,047 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 15 (0.1%) from 12,062 in July 2020.

What county is Weatherford in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Weatherford?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 73096.

How far is Weatherford from Oklahoma City?

66.5 miles (107.0 km) in a straight line, heading E from Weatherford.

What is the nearest larger city to Weatherford?

El Reno, OK, with 20,041 residents, 40.6 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.