Wyoming · Census place 5662450

Powell, Wyoming

Powell is a city in Park County, Wyoming with an estimated 6,551 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 14th largest of 43 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
6,551
#14 of 43 in Wyoming
Change since 2020
+2.1%
+132 people
Land area
4.3 sq mi
Density
1,527 / sq mi
State median 1,493
Orange pin: Powell. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Cheyenne.

Powell population, 2020 to 2024

Powell added 132 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.1%. In the latest year it moved by +8. Among 16 Wyoming places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 5th; the median place changed by +0.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Wyoming has 11,214 people, so Powell is 58% of it.

6,41920206,50020216,54320226,54320236,5512024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 6,410. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Powell covers 4.29 square miles of land, for 1,527 people per square mile of land. The median Wyoming place of 5,000+ has 1,493, so Powell is close to the typical town.

What county Powell is in

All of Powell's residents live in Park County, which had 31,082 residents in 2024. Powell holds 21.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Powell

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Powell by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 82435. 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 Powell is

The Census internal point of Powell is at 44.761800, -108.757600. Cheyenne, the capital, is 319.7 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Cody, WY (10,391 people), 22.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Billings, MT, 71.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
44.761800, -108.757600
DMS
44°45'42.48"N 108°45'27.36"W
UTM
12N 677466.6E 4958936.0N
Geohash
9xfwththk
Plus code
85PHQ66R+PX

Daylight in Powell

At 44.76° N, Powell gets about 15 h 35 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 48 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 47 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Powell

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wyoming, measured between internal points. The closest is Lovell, 18.6 miles away, with 2,366 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Powell, WY?

6,551 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 132 (2.1%) from 6,419 in July 2020.

What county is Powell in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Powell?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 82435.

How far is Powell from Cheyenne?

319.7 miles (514.5 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Powell.

What is the nearest larger city to Powell?

Cody, WY, with 10,391 residents, 22.2 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.

  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.