Washington · Census place 5367770

Steilacoom, Washington

Steilacoom is a town in Pierce County, Washington with an estimated 6,649 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 114th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
6,649
#114 of 206 in Washington
Change since 2020
-1.3%
-90 people
Land area
2.0 sq mi
+ 0.04 sq mi water
Density
3,308 / sq mi
State median 2,694
Orange pin: Steilacoom. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Olympia.

Steilacoom population, 2020 to 2024

Steilacoom lost 90 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.3%. In the latest year it moved by +13. Among 125 Washington places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 109th; the median place changed by +2.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in Washington has 18,148 people, so Steilacoom is 37% of it.

6,73920206,73620216,68020226,63620236,6492024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 6,731. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Steilacoom covers 2.01 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 3,308 people per square mile of land. The median Washington place of 5,000+ has 2,694, so Steilacoom is denser than the typical town.

What county Steilacoom is in

All of Steilacoom's residents live in Pierce County, which had 941,170 residents in 2024. Steilacoom holds 0.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Steilacoom

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Steilacoom by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 98388. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Steilacoom is

The Census internal point of Steilacoom is at 47.169300, -122.592300. Olympia, the capital, is 17.2 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lakewood, WA (62,709 people), 3.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Tacoma, WA, 8.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
47.169300, -122.592300
DMS
47°10'9.48"N 122°35'32.28"W
UTM
10N 530897.6E 5224058.7N
Geohash
c22u66gj0
Plus code
84VV5C95+P3

Daylight in Steilacoom

At 47.17° N, Steilacoom gets about 15 h 55 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 29 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 26 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Steilacoom

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Washington, measured between internal points. The closest is Lakewood, 3.0 miles away, with 62,709 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Steilacoom, WA?

6,649 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 90 (1.3%) from 6,739 in July 2020.

What county is Steilacoom in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Steilacoom?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 98388.

How far is Steilacoom from Olympia?

17.2 miles (27.6 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Steilacoom.

What is the nearest larger city to Steilacoom?

Lakewood, WA, with 62,709 residents, 3.0 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.