Oregon · Census place 4129950

Gold Hill, Oregon

Gold Hill is a city in Jackson County, Oregon with an estimated 1,313 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 145th largest of 165 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,313
#145 of 165 in Oregon
Change since 2020
-1.7%
-23 people
Land area
0.8 sq mi
Density
1,728 / sq mi
State median 3,097
Orange pin: Gold Hill. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Salem.

Gold Hill population, 2020 to 2024

Gold Hill lost 23 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.7%. In the latest year it moved by -10.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,335. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Gold Hill covers 0.76 square miles of land, for 1,728 people per square mile of land. The median Oregon place of 5,000+ has 3,097, so Gold Hill is less dense than the typical town.

What county Gold Hill is in

All of Gold Hill's residents live in Jackson County, which had 221,331 residents in 2024. Gold Hill holds 0.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Gold Hill

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Gold Hill by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 97525. 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 Hill is

The Census internal point of Gold Hill is at 42.435800, -123.052600. Salem, the capital, is 173.0 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Rogue River, OR (2,337 people), 5.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Eugene, OR, 112.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.435800, -123.052600
DMS
42°26'8.88"N 123°03'9.36"W
UTM
10N 495673.6E 4698165.8N
Geohash
9r83rv5y6
Plus code
84JRCWPW+8X

Daylight in Gold Hill

At 42.44° N, Gold Hill 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 14 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Gold Hill

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oregon, measured between internal points. The closest is Rogue River, 5.9 miles away, with 2,337 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Gold Hill, OR?

1,313 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 23 (1.7%) from 1,336 in July 2020.

What county is Gold Hill in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Gold Hill?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 97525.

How far is Gold Hill from Salem?

173.0 miles (278.3 km) in a straight line, heading N from Gold Hill.

What is the nearest larger city to Gold Hill?

Rogue River, OR, with 2,337 residents, 5.9 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.