California · Census place 0685600
Willits, California
Willits is a city in Mendocino County, California with an estimated 4,844 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 432nd largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,844
- #432 of 468 in California
- Change since 2020
- -2.7%
- -133 people
- Land area
- 2.8 sq mi
- Density
- 1,712 / sq mi
- State median 3,725
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Willits population, 2020 to 2024
Willits lost 133 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.7%. In the latest year it moved by -7.
Willits covers 2.83 square miles of land, for 1,712 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Willits is less dense than the typical town.
What county Willits is in
All of Willits's residents live in Mendocino County, which had 89,175 residents in 2024. Willits holds 5.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Willits
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Willits by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 95490. 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 Willits is
The Census internal point of Willits is at 39.405000, -123.348900. Sacramento, the capital, is 114.9 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Ukiah, CA (16,067 people), 19.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Santa Rosa, CA, 74.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 39.405000, -123.348900
- DMS
- 39°24'18.00"N 123°20'56.04"W
- UTM
- 10N 469961.1E 4361779.5N
- Geohash
- 9r021jknf
- Plus code
- 84FRCM42+2C
Daylight in Willits
At 39.41° N, Willits gets about 14 h 57 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 23 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 34 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Willits
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Ukiah, 19.4 miles away, with 16,067 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Willits, CA?
4,844 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 133 (2.7%) from 4,977 in July 2020.
What county is Willits in?
Mendocino County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Willits?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 95490.
How far is Willits from Sacramento?
114.9 miles (184.9 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Willits.
What is the nearest larger city to Willits?
Ukiah, CA, with 16,067 residents, 19.4 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.