Utah · Census place 4965110

Roy, Utah

Roy is a city in Weber County, Utah with an estimated 38,719 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 28th largest of 156 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
38,719
#28 of 156 in Utah
Change since 2020
-1.5%
-606 people
Land area
8.2 sq mi
Density
4,751 / sq mi
State median 2,284
Orange pin: Roy. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Salt Lake City.

Roy population, 2020 to 2024

Roy lost 606 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.5%. In the latest year it moved by +4. Among 95 Utah places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 82nd; the median place changed by +6.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Utah has 19,393 people, so Roy is 2.0 times that size.

39.3k202039.3k202138.8k202238.7k202338.7k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 39,305. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Roy covers 8.15 square miles of land, for 4,751 people per square mile of land. The median Utah place of 5,000+ has 2,284, so Roy is denser than the typical town.

What county Roy is in

All of Roy's residents live in Weber County, which had 276,118 residents in 2024. Roy holds 14.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Roy

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Roy by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 84067. 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 Roy is

The Census internal point of Roy is at 41.171500, -112.048500. Salt Lake City, the capital, is 28.5 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Ogden, UT (88,656 people), 5.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Salt Lake City, UT, 28.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.171500, -112.048500
DMS
41°10'17.40"N 112°02'54.60"W
UTM
12N 412047.8E 4558325.3N
Geohash
9x264r0c2
Plus code
85H95XC2+JJ

Daylight in Roy

At 41.17° N, Roy gets about 15 h 09 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 12 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 57 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Roy

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Utah, measured between internal points. The closest is Riverdale, 2.4 miles away, with 9,184 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Roy, UT?

38,719 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 606 (1.5%) from 39,325 in July 2020.

What county is Roy in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Roy?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 84067.

How far is Roy from Salt Lake City?

28.5 miles (45.9 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Roy.

What is the nearest larger city to Roy?

Ogden, UT, with 88,656 residents, 5.7 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.