Sheridan, Wyoming

Sheridan population, 2020 to 2024

Sheridan added 1,042 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.6%. In the latest year it moved by +230. Among 16 Wyoming places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 1st; the median place changed by +0.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Wyoming has 11,214 people, so Sheridan is 1.8 times that size.

Sheridan covers 12.72 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 1,558 people per square mile of land. The median Wyoming place of 5,000+ has 1,493, so Sheridan is close to the typical town.

What county Sheridan is in

All of Sheridan's residents live in Sheridan County, which had 32,978 residents in 2024. Sheridan holds 60.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Sheridan

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Sheridan by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 82801. 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 Sheridan is

The Census internal point of Sheridan is at 44.796200, -106.964200. Cheyenne, the capital, is 274.9 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Gillette, WY (33,846 people), 80.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Billings, MT, 103.3 miles away.

Daylight in Sheridan

At 44.80° N, Sheridan gets about 15 h 36 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 47 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 48 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Sheridan

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wyoming, measured between internal points. The closest is Ranchester, 12.6 miles away, with 1,176 people.