Oregon · Census place 4157650

Pilot Rock, Oregon

Pilot Rock is a city in Umatilla County, Oregon with an estimated 1,313 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 146th largest of 165 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,313
#146 of 165 in Oregon
Change since 2020
-1.6%
-21 people
Land area
1.5 sq mi
+ 0.02 sq mi water
Density
887 / sq mi
State median 3,097
Orange pin: Pilot Rock. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Salem.

Pilot Rock population, 2020 to 2024

Pilot Rock lost 21 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.6%. In the latest year it moved by +5.

1,33420201,33220211,32420221,30820231,3132024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,333. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Pilot Rock covers 1.48 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 887 people per square mile of land. The median Oregon place of 5,000+ has 3,097, so Pilot Rock is less dense than the typical town.

What county Pilot Rock is in

All of Pilot Rock's residents live in Umatilla County, which had 80,491 residents in 2024. Pilot Rock holds 1.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Pilot Rock

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Pilot Rock by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 97868. 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 Pilot Rock is

The Census internal point of Pilot Rock is at 45.492800, -118.830200. Salem, the capital, is 207.9 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Pendleton, OR (17,026 people), 12.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Bend, OR, 156.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
45.492800, -118.830200
DMS
45°29'34.08"N 118°49'48.72"W
UTM
11N 356994.5E 5039325.8N
Geohash
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Plus code
85Q3F5V9+4W

Daylight in Pilot Rock

At 45.49° N, Pilot Rock gets about 15 h 41 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 42 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 59 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Pilot Rock

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oregon, measured between internal points. The closest is Pendleton, 12.6 miles away, with 17,026 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Pilot Rock, OR?

1,313 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 21 (1.6%) from 1,334 in July 2020.

What county is Pilot Rock in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Pilot Rock?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 97868.

How far is Pilot Rock from Salem?

207.9 miles (334.6 km) in a straight line, heading W from Pilot Rock.

What is the nearest larger city to Pilot Rock?

Pendleton, OR, with 17,026 residents, 12.6 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.