Washington · Census place 5320645

Edgewood, Washington

Edgewood is a city in Pierce County, Washington with an estimated 13,496 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 73rd largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
13,496
#73 of 206 in Washington
Change since 2020
+8.6%
+1,074 people
Land area
8.4 sq mi
Density
1,609 / sq mi
State median 2,694
Orange pin: Edgewood. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Olympia.

Edgewood population, 2020 to 2024

Edgewood added 1,074 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +8.6%. In the latest year it moved by +181. Among 125 Washington places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 22nd; the median place changed by +2.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in Washington has 18,148 people, so Edgewood is 74% of it.

12.4k202012.8k202113.1k202213.3k202313.5k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 12,337. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Edgewood covers 8.39 square miles of land, for 1,609 people per square mile of land. The median Washington place of 5,000+ has 2,694, so Edgewood is less dense than the typical town.

What county Edgewood is in

All of Edgewood's residents live in Pierce County, which had 941,170 residents in 2024. Edgewood holds 1.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Edgewood

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Edgewood by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 98371, 98372. 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 Edgewood is

The Census internal point of Edgewood is at 47.232100, -122.285700. Olympia, the capital, is 31.9 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Puyallup, WA (42,552 people), 3.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Federal Way, WA, 6.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
47.232100, -122.285700
DMS
47°13'55.56"N 122°17'8.52"W
UTM
10N 554069.3E 5231204.5N
Geohash
c23h9q66b
Plus code
84VV6PJ7+RP

Daylight in Edgewood

At 47.23° N, Edgewood gets about 15 h 56 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 29 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 27 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Edgewood

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Washington, measured between internal points. The closest is Milton, 2.0 miles away, with 8,833 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Edgewood, WA?

13,496 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,074 (8.6%) from 12,422 in July 2020.

What county is Edgewood in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Edgewood?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 98371, 98372.

How far is Edgewood from Olympia?

31.9 miles (51.3 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Edgewood.

What is the nearest larger city to Edgewood?

Puyallup, WA, with 42,552 residents, 3.7 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.