Washington · Census place 5379275

Winlock, Washington

Winlock is a city in Lewis County, Washington with an estimated 2,515 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 153rd largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,515
#153 of 206 in Washington
Change since 2020
+37.1%
+681 people
Land area
3.4 sq mi
Density
744 / sq mi
State median 2,694
Orange pin: Winlock. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Olympia.

Winlock population, 2020 to 2024

Winlock added 681 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +37.1%. In the latest year it moved by +210.

1,83420201,94420212,12320222,30520232,5152024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,818. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Winlock covers 3.38 square miles of land, for 744 people per square mile of land. The median Washington place of 5,000+ has 2,694, so Winlock is less dense than the typical town.

What county Winlock is in

All of Winlock's residents live in Lewis County, which had 87,049 residents in 2024. Winlock holds 2.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Winlock

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Winlock by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 98596. 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 Winlock is

The Census internal point of Winlock is at 46.490700, -122.918400. Olympia, the capital, is 37.7 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Chehalis, WA (7,717 people), 12.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Tacoma, WA, 56.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
46.490700, -122.918400
DMS
46°29'26.52"N 122°55'6.24"W
UTM
10N 506262.4E 5148573.2N
Geohash
c2286zmec
Plus code
84RVF3RJ+7J

Daylight in Winlock

At 46.49° N, Winlock gets about 15 h 49 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 35 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 15 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Winlock

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Washington, measured between internal points. The closest is Napavine, 6.7 miles away, with 2,155 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Winlock, WA?

2,515 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 681 (37.1%) from 1,834 in July 2020.

What county is Winlock in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Winlock?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 98596.

How far is Winlock from Olympia?

37.7 miles (60.7 km) in a straight line, heading N from Winlock.

What is the nearest larger city to Winlock?

Chehalis, WA, with 7,717 residents, 12.2 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.