Utah · Census place 4932660

Gunnison, Utah

Gunnison is a city in Sanpete County, Utah with an estimated 3,617 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 104th largest of 156 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 3,617; #104 of 156 in Utah
Change since 2020: +2.8%; +97 people
Land area: 4.8 sq mi
Density: 755 / sq mi; State median 2,284

Orange pin: Gunnison. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Salt Lake City.

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Gunnison population, 2020 to 2024

Gunnison added 97 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.8%. In the latest year it moved by -14.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,513. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Gunnison covers 4.79 square miles of land, for 755 people per square mile of land. The median Utah place of 5,000+ has 2,284, so Gunnison is less dense than the typical town.

What county Gunnison is in

All of Gunnison's residents live in Sanpete County, which had 30,732 residents in 2024. Gunnison holds 11.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Gunnison

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Gunnison by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 84634. 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 Gunnison is

The Census internal point of Gunnison is at 39.156900, -111.813500. Salt Lake City, the capital, is 112.0 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Manti, UT (3,712 people), 12.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Provo, UT, 75.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 39.156900, -111.813500
DMS: 39°09'24.84"N 111°48'48.60"W
UTM: 12N 429713.0E 4334503.3N
Geohash: 9wbqz87ck
Plus code: 85FC554P+QJ

Daylight in Gunnison

At 39.16° N, Gunnison gets about 14 h 56 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 25 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 31 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Gunnison

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Utah, measured between internal points. The closest is Centerfield, 2.0 miles away, with 1,446 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Gunnison, UT?

3,617 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 97 (2.8%) from 3,520 in July 2020.

What county is Gunnison in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Gunnison?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 84634.

How far is Gunnison from Salt Lake City?

112.0 miles (180.3 km) in a straight line, heading N from Gunnison.

What is the nearest larger city to Gunnison?

Manti, UT, with 3,712 residents, 12.2 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.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.