Oregon · Census place 4128450

Gearhart, Oregon

Gearhart is a city in Clatsop County, Oregon with an estimated 1,872 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 127th largest of 165 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,872; #127 of 165 in Oregon
Change since 2020: +3.3%; +59 people
Land area: 1.9 sq mi; + 0.19 sq mi water
Density: 1,001 / sq mi; State median 3,097

Orange pin: Gearhart. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Salem.

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Gearhart population, 2020 to 2024

Gearhart added 59 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.3%. In the latest year it moved by +0.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,803. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Gearhart covers 1.87 square miles of land and 0.19 of water, for 1,001 people per square mile of land. The median Oregon place of 5,000+ has 3,097, so Gearhart is less dense than the typical town.

What county Gearhart is in

All of Gearhart's residents live in Clatsop County, which had 41,043 residents in 2024. Gearhart holds 4.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Gearhart

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Gearhart by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 97138. 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 Gearhart is

The Census internal point of Gearhart is at 46.031700, -123.918500. Salem, the capital, is 86.9 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Seaside, OR (7,110 people), 3.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Hillsboro, OR, 58.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 46.031700, -123.918500
DMS: 46°01'54.12"N 123°55'6.60"W
UTM: 10N 428919.2E 5097979.7N
Geohash: c0pvu5v61
Plus code: 84RR23JJ+MJ

Daylight in Gearhart

At 46.03° N, Gearhart gets about 15 h 46 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 38 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 07 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Gearhart

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oregon, measured between internal points. The closest is Seaside, 3.0 miles away, with 7,110 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Gearhart, OR?

1,872 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 59 (3.3%) from 1,813 in July 2020.

What county is Gearhart in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Gearhart?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 97138.

How far is Gearhart from Salem?

86.9 miles (139.9 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Gearhart.

What is the nearest larger city to Gearhart?

Seaside, OR, with 7,110 residents, 3.0 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.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.