Oregon · Census place 4129900

Gold Beach, Oregon

Gold Beach is a city in Curry County, Oregon with an estimated 2,272 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 115th largest of 165 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,272
#115 of 165 in Oregon
Change since 2020
-3.3%
-77 people
Land area
2.5 sq mi
+ 0.23 sq mi water
Density
898 / sq mi
State median 3,097
Orange pin: Gold Beach. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Salem.

Gold Beach population, 2020 to 2024

Gold Beach lost 77 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.3%. In the latest year it moved by -50.

2,34920202,36720212,35620222,32220232,2722024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,342. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Gold Beach covers 2.53 square miles of land and 0.23 of water, for 898 people per square mile of land. The median Oregon place of 5,000+ has 3,097, so Gold Beach is less dense than the typical town.

What county Gold Beach is in

All of Gold Beach's residents live in Curry County, which had 22,774 residents in 2024. Gold Beach holds 10.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Gold Beach

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Gold Beach by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 97444. 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 Gold Beach is

The Census internal point of Gold Beach is at 42.413300, -124.422200. Salem, the capital, is 187.9 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Brookings, OR (6,493 people), 24.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Eugene, OR, 131.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.413300, -124.422200
DMS
42°24'47.88"N 124°25'19.92"W
UTM
10N 382980.9E 4696645.8N
Geohash
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Plus code
84JQCH7H+84

Daylight in Gold Beach

At 42.41° N, Gold Beach gets about 15 h 18 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 04 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 13 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Gold Beach

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oregon, measured between internal points. The closest is Port Orford, 23.5 miles away, with 1,114 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Gold Beach, OR?

2,272 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 77 (3.3%) from 2,349 in July 2020.

What county is Gold Beach in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Gold Beach?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 97444.

How far is Gold Beach from Salem?

187.9 miles (302.3 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Gold Beach.

What is the nearest larger city to Gold Beach?

Brookings, OR, with 6,493 residents, 24.3 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.