Oregon · Census place 4165950

Seaside, Oregon

Seaside is a city in Clatsop County, Oregon with an estimated 7,110 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 68th largest of 165 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
7,110
#68 of 165 in Oregon
Change since 2020
-0.9%
-66 people
Land area
4.1 sq mi
+ 0.17 sq mi water
Density
1,756 / sq mi
State median 3,097
Orange pin: Seaside. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Salem.

Seaside population, 2020 to 2024

Seaside lost 66 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.9%. In the latest year it moved by -45. Among 80 Oregon places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 63rd; the median place changed by +0.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Oregon has 14,915 people, so Seaside is 48% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 7,160. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Seaside covers 4.05 square miles of land and 0.17 of water, for 1,756 people per square mile of land. The median Oregon place of 5,000+ has 3,097, so Seaside is less dense than the typical town.

What county Seaside is in

All of Seaside's residents live in Clatsop County, which had 41,043 residents in 2024. Seaside holds 17.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Seaside

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Seaside by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 97138. 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 Seaside is

The Census internal point of Seaside is at 45.989000, -123.921000. Salem, the capital, is 84.4 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Astoria, OR (9,906 people), 14.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Hillsboro, OR, 57.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
45.989000, -123.921000
DMS
45°59'20.40"N 123°55'15.60"W
UTM
10N 428670.8E 5093237.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
84QRX3QH+JJ

Daylight in Seaside

At 45.99° N, Seaside gets about 15 h 45 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 38 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 07 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Seaside

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oregon, measured between internal points. The closest is Gearhart, 3.0 miles away, with 1,872 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Seaside, OR?

7,110 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 66 (0.9%) from 7,176 in July 2020.

What county is Seaside in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Seaside?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 97138.

How far is Seaside from Salem?

84.4 miles (135.9 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Seaside.

What is the nearest larger city to Seaside?

Astoria, OR, with 9,906 residents, 14.6 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.