Washington · Census place 5346895

Montesano, Washington

Montesano is a city in Grays Harbor County, Washington with an estimated 4,194 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 131st largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 4,194; #131 of 206 in Washington
Change since 2020: +0.9%; +36 people
Land area: 10.9 sq mi; + 0.16 sq mi water
Density: 384 / sq mi; State median 2,694

Orange pin: Montesano. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Olympia.

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Montesano population, 2020 to 2024

Montesano added 36 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.9%. In the latest year it moved by -3.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,151. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Montesano covers 10.91 square miles of land and 0.16 of water, for 384 people per square mile of land. The median Washington place of 5,000+ has 2,694, so Montesano is less dense than the typical town.

What county Montesano is in

All of Montesano's residents live in Grays Harbor County, which had 77,893 residents in 2024. Montesano holds 5.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Montesano

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Montesano by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 98563. 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 Montesano is

The Census internal point of Montesano is at 47.014700, -123.585700. Olympia, the capital, is 32.3 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Aberdeen, WA (17,044 people), 11.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Tacoma, WA, 55.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 47.014700, -123.585700
DMS: 47°00'52.92"N 123°35'8.52"W
UTM: 10N 455484.1E 5206964.1N
Geohash: c2257wz8k
Plus code: 84VR2C77+VP

Daylight in Montesano

At 47.01° N, Montesano gets about 15 h 54 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 30 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 24 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Montesano

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Washington, measured between internal points. The closest is Elma, 8.3 miles away, with 3,515 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Montesano, WA?

4,194 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 36 (0.9%) from 4,158 in July 2020.

What county is Montesano in?

Grays Harbor County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Montesano?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 98563.

How far is Montesano from Olympia?

32.3 miles (52.0 km) in a straight line, heading E from Montesano.

What is the nearest larger city to Montesano?

Aberdeen, WA, with 17,044 residents, 11.0 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.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.