Oregon · Census place 4161850

Riddle, Oregon

Riddle is a city in Douglas County, Oregon with an estimated 1,220 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 150th largest of 165 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,220; #150 of 165 in Oregon
Change since 2020: +0.7%; +8 people
Land area: 0.6 sq mi
Density: 1,906 / sq mi; State median 3,097

Orange pin: Riddle. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Salem.

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Riddle population, 2020 to 2024

Riddle added 8 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.7%. In the latest year it moved by -1.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,211. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Riddle covers 0.64 square miles of land, for 1,906 people per square mile of land. The median Oregon place of 5,000+ has 3,097, so Riddle is less dense than the typical town.

What county Riddle is in

All of Riddle's residents live in Douglas County, which had 112,255 residents in 2024. Riddle holds 1.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Riddle

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Riddle by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 97469. 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 Riddle is

The Census internal point of Riddle is at 42.954200, -123.364500. Salem, the capital, is 138.1 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Canyonville, OR (1,664 people), 4.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Eugene, OR, 77.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 42.954200, -123.364500
DMS: 42°57'15.12"N 123°21'52.20"W
UTM: 10N 470268.1E 4755793.2N
Geohash: 9r8k2g8dq
Plus code: 84JRXJ3P+M5

Daylight in Riddle

At 42.95° N, Riddle gets about 15 h 21 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 01 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 21 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Riddle

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oregon, measured between internal points. The closest is Canyonville, 4.7 miles away, with 1,664 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Riddle, OR?

1,220 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 8 (0.7%) from 1,212 in July 2020.

What county is Riddle in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Riddle?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 97469.

How far is Riddle from Salem?

138.1 miles (222.3 km) in a straight line, heading N from Riddle.

What is the nearest larger city to Riddle?

Canyonville, OR, with 1,664 residents, 4.7 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.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.