Pendleton, Oregon

Pendleton population, 2020 to 2024

Pendleton added 19 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.1%. In the latest year it moved by +18. Among 80 Oregon places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 52nd; the median place changed by +0.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Oregon has 14,915 people, so Pendleton is 1.1 times that size.

Pendleton covers 11.58 square miles of land, for 1,470 people per square mile of land. The median Oregon place of 5,000+ has 3,097, so Pendleton is less dense than the typical town.

What county Pendleton is in

All of Pendleton's residents live in Umatilla County, which had 80,491 residents in 2024. Pendleton holds 21.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Pendleton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Pendleton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 97801. 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 Pendleton is

The Census internal point of Pendleton is at 45.675500, -118.819500. Salem, the capital, is 210.8 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hermiston, OR (19,746 people), 24.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Spokane, WA, 152.5 miles away.

Daylight in Pendleton

At 45.68° N, Pendleton gets about 15 h 43 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 41 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 02 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Pendleton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oregon, measured between internal points. The closest is Pilot Rock, 12.6 miles away, with 1,313 people.