Wyoming · Census place 5654185

Moorcroft, Wyoming

Moorcroft is a town in Crook County, Wyoming with an estimated 1,025 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 43rd largest of 43 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,025; #43 of 43 in Wyoming
Change since 2020: +8.2%; +78 people
Land area: 1.3 sq mi
Density: 813 / sq mi; State median 1,493

Orange pin: Moorcroft. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Cheyenne.

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Moorcroft population, 2020 to 2024

Moorcroft added 78 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +8.2%. In the latest year it moved by +25.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 947. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Moorcroft covers 1.26 square miles of land, for 813 people per square mile of land. The median Wyoming place of 5,000+ has 1,493, so Moorcroft is less dense than the typical town.

What county Moorcroft is in

All of Moorcroft's residents live in Crook County, which had 7,775 residents in 2024. Moorcroft holds 13.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Moorcroft

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Moorcroft by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 82721. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Moorcroft is

The Census internal point of Moorcroft is at 44.264500, -104.947600. Cheyenne, the capital, is 216.0 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Gillette, WY (33,846 people), 27.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Billings, MT, 205.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 44.264500, -104.947600
DMS: 44°15'52.20"N 104°56'51.36"W
UTM: 13N 504182.4E 4901252.3N
Geohash: 9xv7gf57r
Plus code: 85PQ7372+RX

Daylight in Moorcroft

At 44.26° N, Moorcroft gets about 15 h 31 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 51 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 40 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Moorcroft

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wyoming, measured between internal points. The closest is Gillette, 27.3 miles away, with 33,846 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Moorcroft, WY?

1,025 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 78 (8.2%) from 947 in July 2020.

What county is Moorcroft in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Moorcroft?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 82721.

How far is Moorcroft from Cheyenne?

216.0 miles (347.6 km) in a straight line, heading S from Moorcroft.

What is the nearest larger city to Moorcroft?

Gillette, WY, with 33,846 residents, 27.3 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.