Washington · Census place 5313855

College Place, Washington

College Place is a city in Walla Walla County, Washington with an estimated 9,846 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 92nd largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
9,846
#92 of 206 in Washington
Change since 2020
-1.2%
-123 people
Land area
3.6 sq mi
Density
2,774 / sq mi
State median 2,694
Orange pin: College Place. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Olympia.

College Place population, 2020 to 2024

College Place lost 123 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.2%. In the latest year it moved by +116. Among 125 Washington places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 107th; the median place changed by +2.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in Washington has 18,148 people, so College Place is 54% of it.

9,96920209,88020219,85120229,73020239,8462024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 9,942. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

College Place covers 3.55 square miles of land, for 2,774 people per square mile of land. The median Washington place of 5,000+ has 2,694, so College Place is close to the typical town.

What county College Place is in

All of College Place's residents live in Walla Walla County, which had 62,068 residents in 2024. College Place holds 15.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in College Place

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap College Place by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 99324, 99362. 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 College Place is

The Census internal point of College Place is at 46.041800, -118.392400. Olympia, the capital, is 224.9 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Walla Walla, WA (33,901 people), 3.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Spokane, WA, 121.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
46.041800, -118.392400
DMS
46°02'30.48"N 118°23'32.64"W
UTM
11N 392264.8E 5099634.2N
Geohash
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Plus code
85R32JR5+P2

Daylight in College Place

At 46.04° N, College Place gets about 15 h 46 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 38 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 08 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near College Place

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Washington, measured between internal points. The closest is Walla Walla, 3.2 miles away, with 33,901 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of College Place, WA?

9,846 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 123 (1.2%) from 9,969 in July 2020.

What county is College Place in?

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

What ZIP codes cover College Place?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 99324, 99362.

How far is College Place from Olympia?

224.9 miles (362.0 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from College Place.

What is the nearest larger city to College Place?

Walla Walla, WA, with 33,901 residents, 3.2 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.