Oregon · Census place 4140550

Lake Oswego, Oregon

Lake Oswego is a city in 3 counties of Oregon with an estimated 40,029 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 13th largest of 165 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
40,029
#13 of 165 in Oregon
Change since 2020
-2.1%
-860 people
Land area
10.9 sq mi
+ 0.66 sq mi water
Density
3,683 / sq mi
State median 3,097
Orange pin: Lake Oswego. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Salem.

Lake Oswego population, 2020 to 2024

Lake Oswego lost 860 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.1%. In the latest year it moved by -88. Among 80 Oregon places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 72nd; the median place changed by +0.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Oregon has 14,915 people, so Lake Oswego is 2.7 times that size.

40.9k202040.6k202140.2k202240.1k202340.0k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 40,845. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Lake Oswego covers 10.87 square miles of land and 0.66 of water, for 3,683 people per square mile of land. The median Oregon place of 5,000+ has 3,097, so Lake Oswego is denser than the typical town.

The 3 counties Lake Oswego spans

Lake Oswego crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 40,029 residents as follows; Clackamas County holds 93.7% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Clackamas County37,521
  2. 02Multnomah County2,506
  3. 03Washington County2
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Lake Oswego

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Lake Oswego by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 97034, 97035. 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 Lake Oswego is

The Census internal point of Lake Oswego is at 45.413600, -122.700000. Salem, the capital, is 36.5 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Tigard, OR (57,301 people), 4.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Portland, OR, 8.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
45.413600, -122.700000
DMS
45°24'48.96"N 122°42'0.00"W
UTM
10N 523473.9E 5028941.6N
Geohash
c20drgk96
Plus code
84QVC872+C2

Daylight in Lake Oswego

At 45.41° N, Lake Oswego gets about 15 h 40 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 43 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 58 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Lake Oswego

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oregon, measured between internal points. The closest is Durham, 3.1 miles away, with 1,880 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Lake Oswego, OR?

40,029 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 860 (2.1%) from 40,889 in July 2020.

What county is Lake Oswego in?

It spans 3 counties: Clackamas County (37,521 residents), Multnomah County (2,506 residents), Washington County (2 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Lake Oswego?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 97034, 97035.

How far is Lake Oswego from Salem?

36.5 miles (58.8 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Lake Oswego.

What is the nearest larger city to Lake Oswego?

Tigard, OR, with 57,301 residents, 4.2 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)

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