John Day, Oregon

John Day population, 2020 to 2024

John Day lost 35 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.1%. In the latest year it moved by -30.

John Day covers 2.26 square miles of land, for 726 people per square mile of land. The median Oregon place of 5,000+ has 3,097, so John Day is less dense than the typical town.

What county John Day is in

All of John Day's residents live in Grant County, which had 7,093 residents in 2024. John Day holds 23.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in John Day

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps John Day by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 97845. 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 John Day is

The Census internal point of John Day is at 44.418100, -118.956300. Salem, the capital, is 203.3 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Burns, OR (2,689 people), 57.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Bend, OR, 119.1 miles away.

Daylight in John Day

At 44.42° N, John Day gets about 15 h 33 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 50 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 42 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near John Day

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oregon, measured between internal points. The closest is Burns, 57.6 miles away, with 2,689 people.