Utah · Census place 4958510

Parowan, Utah

Parowan is a city in Iron County, Utah with an estimated 3,283 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 105th largest of 156 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,283
#105 of 156 in Utah
Change since 2020
+8.7%
+262 people
Land area
6.9 sq mi
Density
477 / sq mi
State median 2,284
Orange pin: Parowan. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Salt Lake City.

Parowan population, 2020 to 2024

Parowan added 262 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +8.7%. In the latest year it moved by +81.

3,02120203,11620213,18820223,20220233,2832024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,001. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Parowan covers 6.88 square miles of land, for 477 people per square mile of land. The median Utah place of 5,000+ has 2,284, so Parowan is less dense than the typical town.

What county Parowan is in

All of Parowan's residents live in Iron County, which had 65,936 residents in 2024. Parowan holds 5.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Parowan

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Parowan by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 84761. 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 Parowan is

The Census internal point of Parowan is at 37.832600, -112.829600. Salt Lake City, the capital, is 209.6 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Enoch, UT (8,664 people), 12.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. George, UT, 66.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
37.832600, -112.829600
DMS
37°49'57.36"N 112°49'46.56"W
UTM
12N 338994.7E 4188818.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
8599R5MC+25

Daylight in Parowan

At 37.83° N, Parowan gets about 14 h 47 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 33 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 15 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Parowan

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Utah, measured between internal points. The closest is Enoch, 12.6 miles away, with 8,664 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Parowan, UT?

3,283 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 262 (8.7%) from 3,021 in July 2020.

What county is Parowan in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Parowan?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 84761.

How far is Parowan from Salt Lake City?

209.6 miles (337.3 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Parowan.

What is the nearest larger city to Parowan?

Enoch, UT, with 8,664 residents, 12.6 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.