Renton, Washington

Renton population, 2020 to 2024

Renton lost 1,191 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.1%. In the latest year it moved by +992. Among 125 Washington places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 105th; the median place changed by +2.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in Washington has 18,148 people, so Renton is 5.8 times that size.

Renton covers 23.54 square miles of land and 1.73 of water, for 4,484 people per square mile of land. The median Washington place of 5,000+ has 2,694, so Renton is denser than the typical town.

What county Renton is in

All of Renton's residents live in King County, which had 2,340,211 residents in 2024. Renton holds 4.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Renton

5 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Renton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 98055, 98056, 98057, 98058, 98059. 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 Renton is

The Census internal point of Renton is at 47.479200, -122.194600. Olympia, the capital, is 45.1 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Kent, WA (136,588 people), 6.3 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 11 m (36 ft) above sea level.

Daylight in Renton

At 47.48° N, Renton gets about 15 h 58 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 27 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 32 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Renton daylight page.

Places near Renton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Washington, measured between internal points. The closest is Tukwila, 3.8 miles away, with 21,636 people.