Elevation of Renton
46ft
above sea level · 14 m
Renton is a city in Washington with 104,975 people, the 9th most populous in the state. Of the 249 US cities with 100,000 to 250,000 people, it’s the 47th lowest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Place facts
- Coordinates
- 47.48° N · 122.22° W
- In degrees, minutes and seconds: 47° 28′ 58″ N · 122° 13′ 1″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 10T · 558,984 E · 5,259,124 N
- Zone 10 · NAD83, the official US datum
- Time zone
- Pacific Time
- UTC−8 · UTC−7 in summer (daylight saving time)
- Population (2025)
- 104,975 people
- 23.5 sq mi of land · 4,459 people/sq mi
- Elevation model
- USGS 3DEP, 1 m grid
- Lidar from June 2021: the ground height at the city’s reference point.
Population
Renton had 104,975 residents on July 1, 2025, according to Census Bureau estimates, 1.8% fewer than in April 2020, when it had 106,846. Its 23.5 sq mi of land work out to 4,459 people/sq mi; the state average is 120 people/sq mi.
It’s the 9th most populous of the 639 places the Census counts in Washington (cities, towns and CDPs), after Seattle (784,777), and holds 1.3% of the state’s population.
It lies entirely within King County. Its reference point in the USGS gazetteer is 1.1 mi from the geographic center the Census gives for the city.
Compared with US cities of 100,000 to 250,000
Renton sits at 46 ft (14 m) above sea level. Of the 249 US cities with 100,000 to 250,000 people, the highest is Lakewood (5,520 ft) and the lowest is Fort Lauderdale (3 ft). The average is 862 ft: Renton is 816 ft below it.
The state capital, Olympia, is 44 mi away in a straight line and 50 ft higher than Renton.
The nearest city with more than 250,000 people is Seattle, 10 mi away in a straight line and 127 ft higher.
Of the 10 cities in Washington with a page, Renton is the 2nd lowest: the highest is Spokane Valley (2,013 ft) and the lowest is Kent (43 ft).
The highest point in Washington is Mount Rainier, at 14,411 ft according to the USGS: 14,365 ft above Renton, 49 mi away in a straight line.
- 203 Renton 46 ft
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Renton.
What is the elevation of Renton?
Renton is 46 feet (14 m) above sea level. That’s the ground height from the USGS 3DEP elevation model at the city’s reference point in the official gazetteer (GNIS). The city doesn’t have a single elevation: it rises and falls from one neighborhood to another.
What are the coordinates of Renton?
Latitude 47.48288 and longitude -122.21707, in decimal degrees (47° 28′ 58″ N · 122° 13′ 1″ W). In UTM, zone 10: 558,984 E and 5,259,124 N, on NAD83.
How does Renton rank among the highest US cities of its size?
It’s the 47th lowest of the 249 US cities with 100,000 to 250,000 people. The highest is Lakewood (5,520 ft) and the lowest is Fort Lauderdale (3 ft).
What county is Renton in?
King County, Washington.
Which is higher, Renton or Olympia?
Olympia. Renton sits at 46 ft and Olympia at 96 ft: a difference of 50 ft, 44 mi apart in a straight line.
How is elevation measured?
Elevation is the height above mean sea level. In the US the official reference is the NAVD88 vertical datum. Summits are surveyed on the ground, with leveling and precise GPS. The USGS 3DEP is an elevation model of the whole country, largely from 1-meter lidar: it gives the ground height at every point. That’s why it can differ by a few feet from the official figure of a sharp summit.
Sources
- USGS 3DEP (EPQS service) The elevation: the ground height at the reference point. Public domain.
- USGS GNIS (official gazetteer) The city’s reference point (“Populated Place”). Public domain.
- U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 estimates Population, land area (2025 Gazetteer) and counties. Public domain.
- TIGERweb (U.S. Census Bureau) Which county and city the point falls in. Public domain.
- timezone-boundary-builder The point’s time zone (ODbL, © OpenStreetMap contributors).
- Terrain Tiles, OpenStreetMap and OpenFreeMap The relief shading and the base map (ODbL).
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