Washington · Census place 5376510
Waterville, Washington
Waterville is a town in Douglas County, Washington with an estimated 1,148 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 195th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,148
- #195 of 206 in Washington
- Change since 2020
- +1.6%
- +18 people
- Land area
- 0.9 sq mi
- Density
- 1,320 / sq mi
- State median 2,694
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Waterville population, 2020 to 2024
Waterville added 18 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.6%. In the latest year it moved by +7.
Waterville covers 0.87 square miles of land, for 1,320 people per square mile of land. The median Washington place of 5,000+ has 2,694, so Waterville is less dense than the typical town.
What county Waterville is in
All of Waterville's residents live in Douglas County, which had 45,795 residents in 2024. Waterville holds 2.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Waterville
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Waterville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 98858. 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 Waterville is
The Census internal point of Waterville is at 47.648000, -120.070700. Olympia, the capital, is 139.0 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Entiat, WA (1,561 people), 7.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Bellevue, WA, 97.2 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 47.648000, -120.070700
- DMS
- 47°38'52.80"N 120°04'14.52"W
- UTM
- 10N 719986.1E 5281335.7N
- Geohash
- c26x5dp1t
- Plus code
- 84VXJWXH+6P
Daylight in Waterville
At 47.65° N, Waterville gets about 16 h 00 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 25 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 34 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Waterville
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Washington, measured between internal points. The closest is Entiat, 7.3 miles away, with 1,561 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Waterville, WA?
1,148 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 18 (1.6%) from 1,130 in July 2020.
What county is Waterville in?
Douglas County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Waterville?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 98858.
How far is Waterville from Olympia?
139.0 miles (223.8 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Waterville.
What is the nearest larger city to Waterville?
Entiat, WA, with 1,561 residents, 7.3 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.
- 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.