Oregon · Census place 4165500

Scappoose, Oregon

Scappoose is a city in Columbia County, Oregon with an estimated 8,282 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 64th largest of 165 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
8,282
#64 of 165 in Oregon
Change since 2020
+3.3%
+263 people
Land area
3.4 sq mi
Density
2,408 / sq mi
State median 3,097
Orange pin: Scappoose. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Salem.

Scappoose population, 2020 to 2024

Scappoose added 263 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.3%. In the latest year it moved by +17. Among 80 Oregon places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 25th; the median place changed by +0.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Oregon has 14,915 people, so Scappoose is 56% of it.

8,01920208,06920218,23420228,26520238,2822024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 8,010. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Scappoose covers 3.44 square miles of land, for 2,408 people per square mile of land. The median Oregon place of 5,000+ has 3,097, so Scappoose is less dense than the typical town.

What county Scappoose is in

All of Scappoose's residents live in Columbia County, which had 54,063 residents in 2024. Scappoose holds 15.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Scappoose

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Scappoose by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 97056. 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 Scappoose is

The Census internal point of Scappoose is at 45.758100, -122.873100. Salem, the capital, is 57.1 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is St. Helens, OR (14,460 people), 7.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Vancouver, WA, 15.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
45.758100, -122.873100
DMS
45°45'29.16"N 122°52'23.16"W
UTM
10N 509868.9E 5067179.1N
Geohash
c20s7fn83
Plus code
84QVQ45G+6Q

Daylight in Scappoose

At 45.76° N, Scappoose gets about 15 h 43 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 40 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 03 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Scappoose

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oregon, measured between internal points. The closest is St. Helens, 7.3 miles away, with 14,460 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Scappoose, OR?

8,282 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 263 (3.3%) from 8,019 in July 2020.

What county is Scappoose in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Scappoose?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 97056.

How far is Scappoose from Salem?

57.1 miles (91.9 km) in a straight line, heading S from Scappoose.

What is the nearest larger city to Scappoose?

St. Helens, OR, with 14,460 residents, 7.3 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.