Oregon · Census place 4126200
Forest Grove, Oregon
Forest Grove is a city in Washington County, Oregon with an estimated 27,076 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 24th largest of 165 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 27,076
- #24 of 165 in Oregon
- Change since 2020
- +3.8%
- +988 people
- Land area
- 6.0 sq mi
- + 0.14 sq mi water
- Density
- 4,520 / sq mi
- State median 3,097
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Forest Grove population, 2020 to 2024
Forest Grove added 988 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.8%. In the latest year it moved by +157. Among 80 Oregon places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 22nd; the median place changed by +0.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Oregon has 14,915 people, so Forest Grove is 1.8 times that size.
Forest Grove covers 5.99 square miles of land and 0.14 of water, for 4,520 people per square mile of land. The median Oregon place of 5,000+ has 3,097, so Forest Grove is denser than the typical town.
What county Forest Grove is in
All of Forest Grove's residents live in Washington County, which had 611,272 residents in 2024. Forest Grove holds 4.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Forest Grove
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Forest Grove by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 97116. 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 Forest Grove is
The Census internal point of Forest Grove is at 45.524800, -123.109900. Salem, the capital, is 40.7 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hillsboro, OR (110,337 people), 8.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 45.524800, -123.109900
- DMS
- 45°31'29.28"N 123°06'35.64"W
- UTM
- 10N 491417.6E 5041257.6N
- Geohash
- c206yxd15
- Plus code
- 84QRGVFR+W2
Daylight in Forest Grove
At 45.52° N, Forest Grove gets about 15 h 41 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 42 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 59 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Forest Grove
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oregon, measured between internal points. The closest is Cornelius, 2.9 miles away, with 15,369 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Forest Grove, OR?
27,076 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 988 (3.8%) from 26,088 in July 2020.
What county is Forest Grove in?
Washington County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Forest Grove?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 97116.
How far is Forest Grove from Salem?
40.7 miles (65.4 km) in a straight line, heading S from Forest Grove.
What is the nearest larger city to Forest Grove?
Hillsboro, OR, with 110,337 residents, 8.5 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.
- 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.