Washington · Census place 5336045

Kittitas, Washington

Kittitas is a city in Kittitas County, Washington with an estimated 1,445 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 189th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,445
#189 of 206 in Washington
Change since 2020
-0.6%
-8 people
Land area
0.8 sq mi
Density
1,853 / sq mi
State median 2,694
Orange pin: Kittitas. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Olympia.

Kittitas population, 2020 to 2024

Kittitas lost 8 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.6%. In the latest year it moved by -13.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,446. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Kittitas covers 0.78 square miles of land, for 1,853 people per square mile of land. The median Washington place of 5,000+ has 2,694, so Kittitas is less dense than the typical town.

What county Kittitas is in

All of Kittitas's residents live in Kittitas County, which had 48,172 residents in 2024. Kittitas holds 3.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Kittitas

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Kittitas by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 98926, 98934. 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 Kittitas is

The Census internal point of Kittitas is at 46.983700, -120.418900. Olympia, the capital, is 116.9 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Ellensburg, WA (20,996 people), 6.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Kent, WA, 88.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
46.983700, -120.418900
DMS
46°59'1.32"N 120°25'8.04"W
UTM
10N 696284.8E 5206586.4N
Geohash
c2677c1eu
Plus code
84RXXHMJ+FC

Daylight in Kittitas

At 46.98° N, Kittitas gets about 15 h 54 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 31 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 23 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Kittitas

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Washington, measured between internal points. The closest is Ellensburg, 6.3 miles away, with 20,996 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Kittitas, WA?

1,445 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 8 (0.6%) from 1,453 in July 2020.

What county is Kittitas in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Kittitas?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 98926, 98934.

How far is Kittitas from Olympia?

116.9 miles (188.2 km) in a straight line, heading W from Kittitas.

What is the nearest larger city to Kittitas?

Ellensburg, WA, with 20,996 residents, 6.3 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.