Wyoming · Census place 5683040
Wheatland, Wyoming
Wheatland is a town in Platte County, Wyoming with an estimated 3,475 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 20th largest of 43 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,475
- #20 of 43 in Wyoming
- Change since 2020
- -3.3%
- -119 people
- Land area
- 4.1 sq mi
- Density
- 845 / sq mi
- State median 1,493
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Wheatland population, 2020 to 2024
Wheatland lost 119 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.3%. In the latest year it moved by -51.
Wheatland covers 4.11 square miles of land, for 845 people per square mile of land. The median Wyoming place of 5,000+ has 1,493, so Wheatland is less dense than the typical town.
What county Wheatland is in
All of Wheatland's residents live in Platte County, which had 8,512 residents in 2024. Wheatland holds 40.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Wheatland
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Wheatland by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 82201. 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 Wheatland is
The Census internal point of Wheatland is at 42.051700, -104.959500. Cheyenne, the capital, is 63.4 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Torrington, WY (6,211 people), 40.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fort Collins, CO, 104.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 42.051700, -104.959500
- DMS
- 42°03'6.12"N 104°57'34.20"W
- UTM
- 13N 503351.4E 4655517.2N
- Geohash
- 9xmr5x6bf
- Plus code
- 85JQ322R+M6
Daylight in Wheatland
At 42.05° N, Wheatland gets about 15 h 15 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 07 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 08 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Wheatland
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wyoming, measured between internal points. The closest is Guernsey, 18.4 miles away, with 1,094 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Wheatland, WY?
3,475 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 119 (3.3%) from 3,594 in July 2020.
What county is Wheatland in?
Platte County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Wheatland?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 82201.
How far is Wheatland from Cheyenne?
63.4 miles (102.0 km) in a straight line, heading S from Wheatland.
What is the nearest larger city to Wheatland?
Torrington, WY, with 6,211 residents, 40.3 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.
- 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.