Oregon · Census place 4148600

Milton-Freewater, Oregon

Milton-Freewater is a city in Umatilla County, Oregon with an estimated 7,011 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 69th largest of 165 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
7,011
#69 of 165 in Oregon
Change since 2020
-1.3%
-95 people
Land area
2.0 sq mi
Density
3,454 / sq mi
State median 3,097
Orange pin: Milton-Freewater. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Salem.

Milton-Freewater population, 2020 to 2024

Milton-Freewater lost 95 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.3%. In the latest year it moved by +28. Among 80 Oregon places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 70th; the median place changed by +0.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Oregon has 14,915 people, so Milton-Freewater is 47% of it.

7,10620207,03320217,10220226,98320237,0112024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 7,158. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Milton-Freewater covers 2.03 square miles of land, for 3,454 people per square mile of land. The median Oregon place of 5,000+ has 3,097, so Milton-Freewater is denser than the typical town.

What county Milton-Freewater is in

All of Milton-Freewater's residents live in Umatilla County, which had 80,491 residents in 2024. Milton-Freewater holds 8.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Milton-Freewater

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Milton-Freewater by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 97862. 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 Milton-Freewater is

The Census internal point of Milton-Freewater is at 45.934000, -118.391000. Salem, the capital, is 235.1 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is College Place, WA (9,846 people), 7.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Spokane, WA, 128.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
45.934000, -118.391000
DMS
45°56'2.40"N 118°23'27.60"W
UTM
11N 392164.0E 5087655.1N
Geohash
c25v3fn2c
Plus code
85Q3WJM5+JH

Daylight in Milton-Freewater

At 45.93° N, Milton-Freewater gets about 15 h 45 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 39 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 06 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Milton-Freewater

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oregon, measured between internal points. The closest is Athena, 9.7 miles away, with 1,184 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Milton-Freewater, OR?

7,011 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 95 (1.3%) from 7,106 in July 2020.

What county is Milton-Freewater in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Milton-Freewater?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 97862.

How far is Milton-Freewater from Salem?

235.1 miles (378.4 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Milton-Freewater.

What is the nearest larger city to Milton-Freewater?

College Place, WA, with 9,846 residents, 7.5 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.