Oregon · Census place 4149550

Monmouth, Oregon

Monmouth is a city in Polk County, Oregon with an estimated 11,651 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 47th largest of 165 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
11,651
#47 of 165 in Oregon
Change since 2020
+4.5%
+507 people
Land area
2.2 sq mi
+ 0.08 sq mi water
Density
5,201 / sq mi
State median 3,097
Orange pin: Monmouth. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Salem.

Monmouth population, 2020 to 2024

Monmouth added 507 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.5%. In the latest year it moved by +76. Among 80 Oregon places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 16th; the median place changed by +0.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Oregon has 14,915 people, so Monmouth is 78% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 11,125. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Monmouth covers 2.24 square miles of land and 0.08 of water, for 5,201 people per square mile of land. The median Oregon place of 5,000+ has 3,097, so Monmouth is denser than the typical town.

What county Monmouth is in

All of Monmouth's residents live in Polk County, which had 90,549 residents in 2024. Monmouth holds 12.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Monmouth

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Monmouth by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 97361. 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 Monmouth is

The Census internal point of Monmouth is at 44.851300, -123.228600. Salem, the capital, is 11.5 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Dallas, OR (17,911 people), 6.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Salem, OR, 11.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
44.851300, -123.228600
DMS
44°51'4.68"N 123°13'42.96"W
UTM
10N 481936.3E 4966457.3N
Geohash
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Plus code
84PRVQ2C+GH

Daylight in Monmouth

At 44.85° N, Monmouth gets about 15 h 36 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 47 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 49 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Monmouth

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oregon, measured between internal points. The closest is Independence, 1.6 miles away, with 10,295 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Monmouth, OR?

11,651 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 507 (4.5%) from 11,144 in July 2020.

What county is Monmouth in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Monmouth?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 97361.

How far is Monmouth from Salem?

11.5 miles (18.4 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Monmouth.

What is the nearest larger city to Monmouth?

Dallas, OR, with 17,911 residents, 6.4 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.