Oregon · Census place 4131250

Gresham, Oregon

Gresham is a city in Multnomah County, Oregon with an estimated 111,507 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 4th largest of 165 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
111,507
#4 of 165 in Oregon
Change since 2020
-2.6%
-2,983 people
Land area
23.6 sq mi
+ 0.13 sq mi water
Density
4,733 / sq mi
State median 3,097
Orange pin: Gresham. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Salem.

Gresham population, 2020 to 2024

Gresham lost 2,983 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.6%. In the latest year it moved by +363. Among 80 Oregon places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 74th; the median place changed by +0.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Oregon has 14,915 people, so Gresham is 7.5 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 114,265. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Gresham covers 23.56 square miles of land and 0.13 of water, for 4,733 people per square mile of land. The median Oregon place of 5,000+ has 3,097, so Gresham is denser than the typical town.

What county Gresham is in

All of Gresham's residents live in Multnomah County, which had 795,897 residents in 2024. Gresham holds 14.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Gresham

4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Gresham by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 97030, 97080, 97230, 97233. 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 Gresham is

The Census internal point of Gresham is at 45.502300, -122.441600. Salem, the capital, is 48.3 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Portland, OR (635,749 people), 10.4 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 118 m (387 ft) above sea level.

Internal point

Decimal
45.502300, -122.441600
DMS
45°30'8.28"N 122°26'29.76"W
UTM
10N 543624.2E 5038903.7N
Geohash
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Plus code
84QVGH25+W9
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles

Daylight in Gresham

At 45.50° N, Gresham 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. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Gresham daylight page.

Places near Gresham

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oregon, measured between internal points. The closest is Wood Village, 2.5 miles away, with 4,722 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Gresham, OR?

111,507 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 2,983 (2.6%) from 114,490 in July 2020.

What county is Gresham in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Gresham?

4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 97030, 97080, 97230, 97233.

How far is Gresham from Salem?

48.3 miles (77.8 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Gresham.

What is the nearest larger city to Gresham?

Portland, OR, with 635,749 residents, 10.4 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)
  5. 05Open-Meteo forecast API (time zone and Copernicus GLO-90 elevation) (last verified 2026-09-30)

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