Washington · Census place 5320155

East Wenatchee, Washington

East Wenatchee is a city in Douglas County, Washington with an estimated 14,330 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 70th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
14,330
#70 of 206 in Washington
Change since 2020
+1.5%
+205 people
Land area
3.8 sq mi
+ 0.31 sq mi water
Density
3,781 / sq mi
State median 2,694
Orange pin: East Wenatchee. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Olympia.

East Wenatchee population, 2020 to 2024

East Wenatchee added 205 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.5%. In the latest year it moved by +111. Among 125 Washington places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 73rd; the median place changed by +2.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in Washington has 18,148 people, so East Wenatchee is 79% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 14,153. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

East Wenatchee covers 3.79 square miles of land and 0.31 of water, for 3,781 people per square mile of land. The median Washington place of 5,000+ has 2,694, so East Wenatchee is denser than the typical town.

What county East Wenatchee is in

All of East Wenatchee's residents live in Douglas County, which had 45,795 residents in 2024. East Wenatchee holds 31.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in East Wenatchee

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps East Wenatchee by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 98802. 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 East Wenatchee is

The Census internal point of East Wenatchee is at 47.417500, -120.283800. Olympia, the capital, is 125.5 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Wenatchee, WA (35,401 people), 2.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Bellevue, WA, 88.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
47.417500, -120.283800
DMS
47°25'3.00"N 120°17'1.68"W
UTM
10N 704880.2E 5255138.1N
Geohash
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Plus code
84VXCP98+2F

Daylight in East Wenatchee

At 47.42° N, East Wenatchee gets about 15 h 58 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 27 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 30 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near East Wenatchee

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Washington, measured between internal points. The closest is Wenatchee, 2.5 miles away, with 35,401 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of East Wenatchee, WA?

14,330 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 205 (1.5%) from 14,125 in July 2020.

What county is East Wenatchee in?

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

What ZIP codes cover East Wenatchee?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 98802.

How far is East Wenatchee from Olympia?

125.5 miles (202.0 km) in a straight line, heading W from East Wenatchee.

What is the nearest larger city to East Wenatchee?

Wenatchee, WA, with 35,401 residents, 2.5 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)

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