Oregon · Census place 4134900

Hood River, Oregon

Hood River is a city in Hood River County, Oregon with an estimated 8,350 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 63rd largest of 165 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
8,350
#63 of 165 in Oregon
Change since 2020
+0.4%
+31 people
Land area
2.6 sq mi
+ 0.80 sq mi water
Density
3,187 / sq mi
State median 3,097
Orange pin: Hood River. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Salem.

Hood River population, 2020 to 2024

Hood River added 31 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.4%. In the latest year it moved by -26. Among 80 Oregon places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 48th; the median place changed by +0.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Oregon has 14,915 people, so Hood River is 56% of it.

8,31920208,37920218,39020228,37620238,3502024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 8,378. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Hood River covers 2.62 square miles of land and 0.80 of water, for 3,187 people per square mile of land. The median Oregon place of 5,000+ has 3,097, so Hood River is close to the typical town.

What county Hood River is in

All of Hood River's residents live in Hood River County, which had 23,764 residents in 2024. Hood River holds 35.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Hood River

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Hood River by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 97031. 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 Hood River is

The Census internal point of Hood River is at 45.709100, -121.526000. Salem, the capital, is 90.4 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is The Dalles, OR (15,884 people), 19.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Gresham, OR, 46.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
45.709100, -121.526000
DMS
45°42'32.76"N 121°31'33.60"W
UTM
10N 614731.6E 5062783.8N
Geohash
c21s4956y
Plus code
84QWPF5F+JH

Daylight in Hood River

At 45.71° N, Hood River gets about 15 h 43 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 41 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 02 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Hood River

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oregon, measured between internal points. The closest is Cascade Locks, 16.7 miles away, with 1,367 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Hood River, OR?

8,350 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 31 (0.4%) from 8,319 in July 2020.

What county is Hood River in?

Hood River County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Hood River?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 97031.

How far is Hood River from Salem?

90.4 miles (145.5 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Hood River.

What is the nearest larger city to Hood River?

The Dalles, OR, with 15,884 residents, 19.6 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.