Washington · Census place 5376405

Washougal, Washington

Washougal is a city in Clark County, Washington with an estimated 17,944 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 64th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
17,944
#64 of 206 in Washington
Change since 2020
+5.2%
+893 people
Land area
6.0 sq mi
+ 0.88 sq mi water
Density
3,016 / sq mi
State median 2,694
Orange pin: Washougal. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Olympia.

Washougal population, 2020 to 2024

Washougal added 893 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.2%. In the latest year it moved by +214. Among 125 Washington places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 40th; the median place changed by +2.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in Washington has 18,148 people, so Washougal is 99% of it.

17.1k202017.1k202117.5k202217.7k202317.9k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 17,046. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Washougal covers 5.95 square miles of land and 0.88 of water, for 3,016 people per square mile of land. The median Washington place of 5,000+ has 2,694, so Washougal is denser than the typical town.

What county Washougal is in

All of Washougal's residents live in Clark County, which had 527,269 residents in 2024. Washougal holds 3.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Washougal

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Washougal by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 98671. 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 Washougal is

The Census internal point of Washougal is at 45.582800, -122.346400. Olympia, the capital, is 103.8 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Camas, WA (27,313 people), 4.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Gresham, OR, 7.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
45.582800, -122.346400
DMS
45°34'58.08"N 122°20'47.04"W
UTM
10N 550988.8E 5047903.1N
Geohash
c20grfn54
Plus code
84QVHMM3+4C

Daylight in Washougal

At 45.58° N, Washougal gets about 15 h 42 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 42 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 00 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Washougal

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Washington, measured between internal points. The closest is Camas, 4.3 miles away, with 27,313 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Washougal, WA?

17,944 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 893 (5.2%) from 17,051 in July 2020.

What county is Washougal in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Washougal?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 98671.

How far is Washougal from Olympia?

103.8 miles (167.1 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Washougal.

What is the nearest larger city to Washougal?

Camas, WA, with 27,313 residents, 4.3 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.