Washington · Census place 5307170

Bonney Lake, Washington

Bonney Lake is a city in Pierce County, Washington with an estimated 22,145 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 51st largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
22,145
#51 of 206 in Washington
Change since 2020
+0.5%
+121 people
Land area
8.2 sq mi
+ 0.07 sq mi water
Density
2,694 / sq mi
State median 2,694
Orange pin: Bonney Lake. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Olympia.

Bonney Lake population, 2020 to 2024

Bonney Lake added 121 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.5%. In the latest year it moved by +102. Among 125 Washington places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 82nd; the median place changed by +2.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in Washington has 18,148 people, so Bonney Lake is 1.2 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 21,664. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Bonney Lake covers 8.22 square miles of land and 0.07 of water, for 2,694 people per square mile of land. The median Washington place of 5,000+ has 2,694, so Bonney Lake is close to the typical town.

What county Bonney Lake is in

All of Bonney Lake's residents live in Pierce County, which had 941,170 residents in 2024. Bonney Lake holds 2.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Bonney Lake

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Bonney Lake by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 98391. 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 Bonney Lake is

The Census internal point of Bonney Lake is at 47.199500, -122.163000. Olympia, the capital, is 36.4 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Puyallup, WA (42,552 people), 6.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Federal Way, WA, 11.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
47.199500, -122.163000
DMS
47°11'58.20"N 122°09'46.80"W
UTM
10N 563396.0E 5227674.0N
Geohash
c23hs07t5
Plus code
84VV5RXP+RQ

Daylight in Bonney Lake

At 47.20° N, Bonney Lake gets about 15 h 56 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 29 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 27 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Bonney Lake

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Washington, measured between internal points. The closest is Sumner, 3.9 miles away, with 10,885 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Bonney Lake, WA?

22,145 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 121 (0.5%) from 22,024 in July 2020.

What county is Bonney Lake in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Bonney Lake?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 98391.

How far is Bonney Lake from Olympia?

36.4 miles (58.7 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Bonney Lake.

What is the nearest larger city to Bonney Lake?

Puyallup, WA, with 42,552 residents, 6.2 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.