Oregon · Census place 4159250

Port Orford, Oregon

Port Orford is a city in Curry County, Oregon with an estimated 1,114 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 159th largest of 165 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,114
#159 of 165 in Oregon
Change since 2020
-3.1%
-36 people
Land area
1.6 sq mi
+ 0.03 sq mi water
Density
710 / sq mi
State median 3,097
Orange pin: Port Orford. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Salem.

Port Orford population, 2020 to 2024

Port Orford lost 36 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.1%. In the latest year it moved by -24.

1,15020201,15920211,15220221,13820231,1142024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,147. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Port Orford covers 1.57 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 710 people per square mile of land. The median Oregon place of 5,000+ has 3,097, so Port Orford is less dense than the typical town.

What county Port Orford is in

All of Port Orford's residents live in Curry County, which had 22,774 residents in 2024. Port Orford holds 4.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Port Orford

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Port Orford by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 97465. 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 Port Orford is

The Census internal point of Port Orford is at 42.749300, -124.498100. Salem, the capital, is 168.0 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Gold Beach, OR (2,272 people), 23.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Eugene, OR, 113.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.749300, -124.498100
DMS
42°44'57.48"N 124°29'53.16"W
UTM
10N 377396.0E 4734063.7N
Geohash
9px7nyr28
Plus code
84JQPGX2+PQ

Daylight in Port Orford

At 42.75° N, Port Orford gets about 15 h 20 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 02 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 18 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Port Orford

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oregon, measured between internal points. The closest is Gold Beach, 23.5 miles away, with 2,272 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Port Orford, OR?

1,114 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 36 (3.1%) from 1,150 in July 2020.

What county is Port Orford in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Port Orford?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 97465.

How far is Port Orford from Salem?

168.0 miles (270.4 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Port Orford.

What is the nearest larger city to Port Orford?

Gold Beach, OR, with 2,272 residents, 23.5 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.