Oregon · Census place 4128650

Gervais, Oregon

Gervais is a city in Marion County, Oregon with an estimated 2,571 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 106th largest of 165 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,571
#106 of 165 in Oregon
Change since 2020
-1.0%
-27 people
Land area
0.4 sq mi
Density
6,271 / sq mi
State median 3,097
Orange pin: Gervais. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Salem.

Gervais population, 2020 to 2024

Gervais lost 27 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.0%. In the latest year it moved by +7.

2,59820202,60220212,57820222,56420232,5712024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,594. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Gervais covers 0.41 square miles of land, for 6,271 people per square mile of land. The median Oregon place of 5,000+ has 3,097, so Gervais is denser than the typical town.

What county Gervais is in

All of Gervais's residents live in Marion County, which had 352,867 residents in 2024. Gervais holds 0.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Gervais

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Gervais by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 97026. 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 Gervais is

The Census internal point of Gervais is at 45.108000, -122.896400. Salem, the capital, is 13.4 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Woodburn, OR (30,449 people), 3.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Salem, OR, 14.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
45.108000, -122.896400
DMS
45°06'28.80"N 122°53'47.04"W
UTM
10N 508149.9E 4994953.2N
Geohash
c208e7tt4
Plus code
84QV4453+6C

Daylight in Gervais

At 45.11° N, Gervais gets about 15 h 38 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 45 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 53 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Gervais

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oregon, measured between internal points. The closest is Woodburn, 3.2 miles away, with 30,449 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Gervais, OR?

2,571 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 27 (1.0%) from 2,598 in July 2020.

What county is Gervais in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Gervais?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 97026.

How far is Gervais from Salem?

13.4 miles (21.5 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Gervais.

What is the nearest larger city to Gervais?

Woodburn, OR, with 30,449 residents, 3.2 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.