Oregon · Census place 4147750

Metolius, Oregon

Metolius is a city in Jefferson County, Oregon with an estimated 1,028 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 163rd largest of 165 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,028
#163 of 165 in Oregon
Change since 2020
+4.8%
+47 people
Land area
0.5 sq mi
Density
2,142 / sq mi
State median 3,097
Orange pin: Metolius. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Salem.

Metolius population, 2020 to 2024

Metolius added 47 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.8%. In the latest year it moved by +3.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 979. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Metolius covers 0.48 square miles of land, for 2,142 people per square mile of land. The median Oregon place of 5,000+ has 3,097, so Metolius is less dense than the typical town.

What county Metolius is in

All of Metolius's residents live in Jefferson County, which had 25,536 residents in 2024. Metolius holds 4.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Metolius

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Metolius by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 97741. 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 Metolius is

The Census internal point of Metolius is at 44.587500, -121.176000. Salem, the capital, is 94.1 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Culver, OR (1,670 people), 4.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Bend, OR, 37.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
44.587500, -121.176000
DMS
44°35'15.00"N 121°10'33.60"W
UTM
10N 644787.2E 4938746.7N
Geohash
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Plus code
84PWHRQF+2J

Daylight in Metolius

At 44.59° N, Metolius gets about 15 h 34 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 49 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 45 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Metolius

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oregon, measured between internal points. The closest is Culver, 4.8 miles away, with 1,670 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Metolius, OR?

1,028 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 47 (4.8%) from 981 in July 2020.

What county is Metolius in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Metolius?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 97741.

How far is Metolius from Salem?

94.1 miles (151.5 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Metolius.

What is the nearest larger city to Metolius?

Culver, OR, with 1,670 residents, 4.7 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.