Utah · Census place 4982510
Wellington, Utah
Wellington is a city in Carbon County, Utah with an estimated 1,617 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 132nd largest of 156 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,617
- #132 of 156 in Utah
- Change since 2020
- +0.7%
- +11 people
- Land area
- 5.1 sq mi
- Density
- 316 / sq mi
- State median 2,284
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Wellington population, 2020 to 2024
Wellington added 11 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.7%. In the latest year it moved by +0.
Wellington covers 5.11 square miles of land, for 316 people per square mile of land. The median Utah place of 5,000+ has 2,284, so Wellington is less dense than the typical town.
What county Wellington is in
All of Wellington's residents live in Carbon County, which had 20,613 residents in 2024. Wellington holds 7.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Wellington
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Wellington by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 84501, 84542. 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 Wellington is
The Census internal point of Wellington is at 39.535900, -110.734400. Salt Lake City, the capital, is 105.2 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Price, UT (8,278 people), 5.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Provo, UT, 68.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 39.535900, -110.734400
- DMS
- 39°32'9.24"N 110°44'3.84"W
- UTM
- 12N 522824.3E 4376282.4N
- Geohash
- 9x12bjm9m
- Plus code
- 85FFG7P8+96
Daylight in Wellington
At 39.54° N, Wellington gets about 14 h 58 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 23 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 35 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Wellington
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Utah, measured between internal points. The closest is Price, 5.9 miles away, with 8,278 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Wellington, UT?
1,617 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 11 (0.7%) from 1,606 in July 2020.
What county is Wellington in?
Carbon County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Wellington?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 84501, 84542.
How far is Wellington from Salt Lake City?
105.2 miles (169.3 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Wellington.
What is the nearest larger city to Wellington?
Price, UT, with 8,278 residents, 5.9 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.