Washington · Census place 5310215
Carnation, Washington
Carnation is a city in King County, Washington with an estimated 2,279 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 160th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,279
- #160 of 206 in Washington
- Change since 2020
- +5.5%
- +118 people
- Land area
- 1.2 sq mi
- + 0.03 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,965 / sq mi
- State median 2,694
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Carnation population, 2020 to 2024
Carnation added 118 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.5%. In the latest year it moved by +78.
Carnation covers 1.16 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 1,965 people per square mile of land. The median Washington place of 5,000+ has 2,694, so Carnation is less dense than the typical town.
What county Carnation is in
All of Carnation's residents live in King County, which had 2,340,211 residents in 2024. Carnation holds 0.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Carnation
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Carnation by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 98014. 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 Carnation is
The Census internal point of Carnation is at 47.644200, -121.900700. Olympia, the capital, is 62.9 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Duvall, WA (9,176 people), 7.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Bellevue, WA, 12.4 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 47.644200, -121.900700
- DMS
- 47°38'39.12"N 121°54'2.52"W
- UTM
- 10N 582564.6E 5277341.1N
- Geohash
- c23r416ee
- Plus code
- 84VWJ3VX+MP
Daylight in Carnation
At 47.64° N, Carnation gets about 16 h 00 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 25 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 34 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Carnation
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Washington, measured between internal points. The closest is Duvall, 7.1 miles away, with 9,176 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Carnation, WA?
2,279 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 118 (5.5%) from 2,161 in July 2020.
What county is Carnation in?
King County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Carnation?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 98014.
How far is Carnation from Olympia?
62.9 miles (101.2 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Carnation.
What is the nearest larger city to Carnation?
Duvall, WA, with 9,176 residents, 7.1 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.