Washington · Census place 5311615
Chelan, Washington
Chelan is a city in Chelan County, Washington with an estimated 4,462 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 129th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,462
- #129 of 206 in Washington
- Change since 2020
- +5.4%
- +228 people
- Land area
- 6.7 sq mi
- + 0.18 sq mi water
- Density
- 666 / sq mi
- State median 2,694
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Chelan population, 2020 to 2024
Chelan added 228 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.4%. In the latest year it moved by +64.
Chelan covers 6.70 square miles of land and 0.18 of water, for 666 people per square mile of land. The median Washington place of 5,000+ has 2,694, so Chelan is less dense than the typical town.
What county Chelan is in
All of Chelan's residents live in Chelan County, which had 81,228 residents in 2024. Chelan holds 5.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Chelan
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Chelan by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 98816. 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 Chelan is
The Census internal point of Chelan is at 47.844300, -120.013600. Olympia, the capital, is 146.0 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Wenatchee, WA (35,401 people), 31.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Bellevue, WA, 101.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 47.844300, -120.013600
- DMS
- 47°50'39.48"N 120°00'48.96"W
- UTM
- 10N 723431.6E 5303313.6N
- Geohash
- c2d8jjbc0
- Plus code
- 84VXRXVP+PH
Daylight in Chelan
At 47.84° N, Chelan gets about 16 h 01 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 24 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 38 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Chelan
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Washington, measured between internal points. The closest is Waterville, 13.8 miles away, with 1,148 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Chelan, WA?
4,462 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 228 (5.4%) from 4,234 in July 2020.
What county is Chelan in?
Chelan County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Chelan?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 98816.
How far is Chelan from Olympia?
146.0 miles (234.9 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Chelan.
What is the nearest larger city to Chelan?
Wenatchee, WA, with 35,401 residents, 31.8 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.