Washington · Census place 5316690

Darrington, Washington

Darrington is a town in Snohomish County, Washington with an estimated 1,500 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 187th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,500
#187 of 206 in Washington
Change since 2020
+1.5%
+22 people
Land area
1.9 sq mi
+ 0.03 sq mi water
Density
781 / sq mi
State median 2,694
Orange pin: Darrington. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Olympia.

Darrington population, 2020 to 2024

Darrington added 22 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.5%. In the latest year it moved by +6.

1,47820201,48820211,48520221,49420231,5002024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,477. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Darrington covers 1.92 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 781 people per square mile of land. The median Washington place of 5,000+ has 2,694, so Darrington is less dense than the typical town.

What county Darrington is in

All of Darrington's residents live in Snohomish County, which had 864,113 residents in 2024. Darrington holds 0.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Darrington

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Darrington by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 98241. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Darrington is

The Census internal point of Darrington is at 48.258800, -121.607800. Olympia, the capital, is 103.7 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Granite Falls, WA (4,702 people), 20.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Everett, WA, 33.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
48.258800, -121.607800
DMS
48°15'31.68"N 121°36'28.08"W
UTM
10N 603330.2E 5346002.2N
Geohash
c29d89pzu
Plus code
84WW795R+GV

Daylight in Darrington

At 48.26° N, Darrington gets about 16 h 05 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 20 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 45 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Darrington

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Washington, measured between internal points. The closest is Granite Falls, 20.3 miles away, with 4,702 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Darrington, WA?

1,500 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 22 (1.5%) from 1,478 in July 2020.

What county is Darrington in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Darrington?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 98241.

How far is Darrington from Olympia?

103.7 miles (166.9 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Darrington.

What is the nearest larger city to Darrington?

Granite Falls, WA, with 4,702 residents, 20.3 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.