Molalla, Oregon

Molalla population, 2020 to 2024

Molalla lost 98 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.0%. In the latest year it moved by -8. Among 80 Oregon places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 64th; the median place changed by +0.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Oregon has 14,915 people, so Molalla is 68% of it.

Molalla covers 2.51 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 4,037 people per square mile of land. The median Oregon place of 5,000+ has 3,097, so Molalla is denser than the typical town.

What county Molalla is in

All of Molalla's residents live in Clackamas County, which had 425,857 residents in 2024. Molalla holds 2.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Molalla

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Molalla by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 97038. 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 Molalla is

The Census internal point of Molalla is at 45.149300, -122.584900. Salem, the capital, is 26.1 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Canby, OR (18,027 people), 9.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Gresham, OR, 25.4 miles away.

Daylight in Molalla

At 45.15° N, Molalla gets about 15 h 38 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 45 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 53 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Molalla

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oregon, measured between internal points. The closest is Canby, 9.5 miles away, with 18,027 people.