Washington · Census place 5347175

Morton, Washington

Morton is a city in Lewis County, Washington with an estimated 1,089 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 202nd largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,089
#202 of 206 in Washington
Change since 2020
+4.7%
+49 people
Land area
0.8 sq mi
Density
1,328 / sq mi
State median 2,694
Orange pin: Morton. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Olympia.

Morton population, 2020 to 2024

Morton added 49 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.7%. In the latest year it moved by +1.

1,04020201,06920211,08120221,08820231,0892024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,035. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Morton covers 0.82 square miles of land, for 1,328 people per square mile of land. The median Washington place of 5,000+ has 2,694, so Morton is less dense than the typical town.

What county Morton is in

All of Morton's residents live in Lewis County, which had 87,049 residents in 2024. Morton holds 1.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Morton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Morton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 98356. 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 Morton is

The Census internal point of Morton is at 46.557400, -122.281400. Olympia, the capital, is 44.2 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Eatonville, WA (2,864 people), 21.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Tacoma, WA, 48.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
46.557400, -122.281400
DMS
46°33'26.64"N 122°16'53.04"W
UTM
10N 555081.4E 5156232.3N
Geohash
c230c7t2s
Plus code
84RVHP49+XC

Daylight in Morton

At 46.56° N, Morton gets about 15 h 50 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 34 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 16 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Morton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Washington, measured between internal points. The closest is Eatonville, 21.5 miles away, with 2,864 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Morton, WA?

1,089 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 49 (4.7%) from 1,040 in July 2020.

What county is Morton in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Morton?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 98356.

How far is Morton from Olympia?

44.2 miles (71.1 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Morton.

What is the nearest larger city to Morton?

Eatonville, WA, with 2,864 residents, 21.5 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.