Oregon · Census place 4111150

Carlton, Oregon

Carlton is a city in Yamhill County, Oregon with an estimated 2,273 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 114th largest of 165 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,273
#114 of 165 in Oregon
Change since 2020
+1.6%
+35 people
Land area
0.9 sq mi
Density
2,583 / sq mi
State median 3,097
Orange pin: Carlton. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Salem.

Carlton population, 2020 to 2024

Carlton added 35 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.6%. In the latest year it moved by +19.

2,23820202,25020212,24320222,25420232,2732024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,236. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Carlton covers 0.88 square miles of land, for 2,583 people per square mile of land. The median Oregon place of 5,000+ has 3,097, so Carlton is less dense than the typical town.

What county Carlton is in

All of Carlton's residents live in Yamhill County, which had 110,886 residents in 2024. Carlton holds 2.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Carlton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Carlton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 97111. 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 Carlton is

The Census internal point of Carlton is at 45.294500, -123.175400. Salem, the capital, is 25.6 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lafayette, OR (4,627 people), 4.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Hillsboro, OR, 19.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
45.294500, -123.175400
DMS
45°17'40.20"N 123°10'31.44"W
UTM
10N 486246.8E 5015681.4N
Geohash
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Plus code
84QR7RVF+RR

Daylight in Carlton

At 45.29° N, Carlton gets about 15 h 40 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 44 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 56 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Carlton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oregon, measured between internal points. The closest is Yamhill, 3.2 miles away, with 1,215 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Carlton, OR?

2,273 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 35 (1.6%) from 2,238 in July 2020.

What county is Carlton in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Carlton?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 97111.

How far is Carlton from Salem?

25.6 miles (41.1 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Carlton.

What is the nearest larger city to Carlton?

Lafayette, OR, with 4,627 residents, 4.5 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.