Washington · Census place 5375565
Waitsburg, Washington
Waitsburg is a city in Walla Walla County, Washington with an estimated 1,173 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 194th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,173
- #194 of 206 in Washington
- Change since 2020
- +0.7%
- +8 people
- Land area
- 1.2 sq mi
- Density
- 1,011 / sq mi
- State median 2,694
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Waitsburg population, 2020 to 2024
Waitsburg added 8 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.7%. In the latest year it moved by +5.
Waitsburg covers 1.16 square miles of land, for 1,011 people per square mile of land. The median Washington place of 5,000+ has 2,694, so Waitsburg is less dense than the typical town.
What county Waitsburg is in
All of Waitsburg's residents live in Walla Walla County, which had 62,068 residents in 2024. Waitsburg holds 1.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Waitsburg
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Waitsburg by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 99361. 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 Waitsburg is
The Census internal point of Waitsburg is at 46.269800, -118.150900. Olympia, the capital, is 231.3 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Dayton, WA (2,471 people), 8.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Spokane, WA, 102.3 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 46.269800, -118.150900
- DMS
- 46°16'11.28"N 118°09'3.24"W
- UTM
- 11N 411317.5E 5124668.5N
- Geohash
- c25zprjjh
- Plus code
- 85R37R9X+WJ
Daylight in Waitsburg
At 46.27° N, Waitsburg gets about 15 h 48 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 36 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 11 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Waitsburg
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Washington, measured between internal points. The closest is Dayton, 8.9 miles away, with 2,471 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Waitsburg, WA?
1,173 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 8 (0.7%) from 1,165 in July 2020.
What county is Waitsburg in?
Walla Walla County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Waitsburg?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 99361.
How far is Waitsburg from Olympia?
231.3 miles (372.3 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Waitsburg.
What is the nearest larger city to Waitsburg?
Dayton, WA, with 2,471 residents, 8.9 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.