Washington · Census place 5304475

Battle Ground, Washington

Battle Ground is a city in Clark County, Washington with an estimated 22,959 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 50th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
22,959
#50 of 206 in Washington
Change since 2020
+10.0%
+2,092 people
Land area
8.7 sq mi
Density
2,642 / sq mi
State median 2,694
Orange pin: Battle Ground. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Olympia.

Battle Ground population, 2020 to 2024

Battle Ground added 2,092 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +10.0%. In the latest year it moved by +441. Among 125 Washington places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 17th; the median place changed by +2.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in Washington has 18,148 people, so Battle Ground is 1.3 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 20,759. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Battle Ground covers 8.69 square miles of land, for 2,642 people per square mile of land. The median Washington place of 5,000+ has 2,694, so Battle Ground is close to the typical town.

What county Battle Ground is in

All of Battle Ground's residents live in Clark County, which had 527,269 residents in 2024. Battle Ground holds 4.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Battle Ground

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Battle Ground by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 98604. 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 Battle Ground is

The Census internal point of Battle Ground is at 45.776800, -122.541000. Olympia, the capital, is 88.7 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Vancouver, WA (198,992 people), 10.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
45.776800, -122.541000
DMS
45°46'36.48"N 122°32'27.60"W
UTM
10N 535684.1E 5069351.4N
Geohash
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Plus code
84QVQFG5+PJ

Daylight in Battle Ground

At 45.78° N, Battle Ground gets about 15 h 43 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 40 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 03 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Battle Ground

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Washington, measured between internal points. The closest is Ridgefield, 6.9 miles away, with 15,359 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Battle Ground, WA?

22,959 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 2,092 (10.0%) from 20,867 in July 2020.

What county is Battle Ground in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Battle Ground?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 98604.

How far is Battle Ground from Olympia?

88.7 miles (142.7 km) in a straight line, heading N from Battle Ground.

What is the nearest larger city to Battle Ground?

Vancouver, WA, with 198,992 residents, 10.0 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.