Washington · Census place 5320750

Edmonds, Washington

Edmonds is a city in Snohomish County, Washington with an estimated 42,871 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 28th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
42,871
#28 of 206 in Washington
Change since 2020
+0.1%
+36 people
Land area
8.9 sq mi
+ 1.09 sq mi water
Density
4,806 / sq mi
State median 2,694
Orange pin: Edmonds. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Olympia.

Edmonds population, 2020 to 2024

Edmonds added 36 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.1%. In the latest year it moved by +175. Among 125 Washington places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 89th; the median place changed by +2.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in Washington has 18,148 people, so Edmonds is 2.4 times that size.

42.8k202042.7k202142.6k202242.7k202342.9k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 42,853. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Edmonds covers 8.92 square miles of land and 1.09 of water, for 4,806 people per square mile of land. The median Washington place of 5,000+ has 2,694, so Edmonds is denser than the typical town.

What county Edmonds is in

All of Edmonds's residents live in Snohomish County, which had 864,113 residents in 2024. Edmonds holds 5.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Edmonds

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Edmonds by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 98020, 98026. 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 Edmonds is

The Census internal point of Edmonds is at 47.813600, -122.353300. Olympia, the capital, is 59.5 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Shoreline, WA (66,251 people), 3.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Everett, WA, 12.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
47.813600, -122.353300
DMS
47°48'48.96"N 122°21'11.88"W
UTM
10N 548414.3E 5295785.4N
Geohash
c28bpb1n3
Plus code
84VVRJ7W+CM

Daylight in Edmonds

At 47.81° N, Edmonds 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 37 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Edmonds

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Washington, measured between internal points. The closest is Woodway, 2.4 miles away, with 1,323 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Edmonds, WA?

42,871 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 36 (0.1%) from 42,835 in July 2020.

What county is Edmonds in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Edmonds?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 98020, 98026.

How far is Edmonds from Olympia?

59.5 miles (95.7 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Edmonds.

What is the nearest larger city to Edmonds?

Shoreline, WA, with 66,251 residents, 3.9 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.