Washington · Census place 5327435

Goldendale, Washington

Goldendale is a city in Klickitat County, Washington with an estimated 3,525 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 135th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,525
#135 of 206 in Washington
Change since 2020
+1.9%
+67 people
Land area
3.0 sq mi
Density
1,191 / sq mi
State median 2,694
Orange pin: Goldendale. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Olympia.

Goldendale population, 2020 to 2024

Goldendale added 67 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.9%. In the latest year it moved by +41.

3,45820203,48020213,45320223,48420233,5252024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,454. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Goldendale covers 2.96 square miles of land, for 1,191 people per square mile of land. The median Washington place of 5,000+ has 2,694, so Goldendale is less dense than the typical town.

What county Goldendale is in

All of Goldendale's residents live in Klickitat County, which had 24,124 residents in 2024. Goldendale holds 14.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Goldendale

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Goldendale by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 98620. 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 Goldendale is

The Census internal point of Goldendale is at 45.819100, -120.823400. Olympia, the capital, is 129.8 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is The Dalles, OR (15,884 people), 22.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Gresham, OR, 81.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
45.819100, -120.823400
DMS
45°49'8.76"N 120°49'24.24"W
UTM
10N 669086.5E 5076252.4N
Geohash
c24hdt55d
Plus code
84QXR59G+JJ

Daylight in Goldendale

At 45.82° N, Goldendale gets about 15 h 44 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 40 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 04 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Goldendale

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Washington, measured between internal points. The closest is White Salmon, 32.5 miles away, with 2,605 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Goldendale, WA?

3,525 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 67 (1.9%) from 3,458 in July 2020.

What county is Goldendale in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Goldendale?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 98620.

How far is Goldendale from Olympia?

129.8 miles (208.9 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Goldendale.

What is the nearest larger city to Goldendale?

The Dalles, OR, with 15,884 residents, 22.0 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.