Hermiston, Oregon

Hermiston population, 2020 to 2024

Hermiston added 285 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.5%. In the latest year it moved by +123. Among 80 Oregon places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 34th; the median place changed by +0.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Oregon has 14,915 people, so Hermiston is 1.3 times that size.

Hermiston covers 8.46 square miles of land, for 2,334 people per square mile of land. The median Oregon place of 5,000+ has 3,097, so Hermiston is less dense than the typical town.

What county Hermiston is in

All of Hermiston's residents live in Umatilla County, which had 80,491 residents in 2024. Hermiston holds 24.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Hermiston

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Hermiston by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 97838. 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 Hermiston is

The Census internal point of Hermiston is at 45.832900, -119.285200. Salem, the capital, is 191.9 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Kennewick, WA (86,728 people), 25.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Spokane, WA, 154.1 miles away.

Daylight in Hermiston

At 45.83° N, Hermiston gets about 15 h 44 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 40 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 04 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Hermiston

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oregon, measured between internal points. The closest is Stanfield, 4.8 miles away, with 2,118 people.