Oregon · Census place 4167050

Sheridan, Oregon

Sheridan is a city in Yamhill County, Oregon with an estimated 6,375 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 71st largest of 165 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
6,375
#71 of 165 in Oregon
Change since 2020
-0.9%
-55 people
Land area
2.1 sq mi
+ 0.05 sq mi water
Density
3,021 / sq mi
State median 3,097
Orange pin: Sheridan. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Salem.

Sheridan population, 2020 to 2024

Sheridan lost 55 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.9%. In the latest year it moved by +209. Among 80 Oregon places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 61st; the median place changed by +0.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Oregon has 14,915 people, so Sheridan is 43% of it.

6,43020206,44820216,24020226,16620236,3752024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 6,437. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Sheridan covers 2.11 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 3,021 people per square mile of land. The median Oregon place of 5,000+ has 3,097, so Sheridan is close to the typical town.

What county Sheridan is in

All of Sheridan's residents live in Yamhill County, which had 110,886 residents in 2024. Sheridan holds 5.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Sheridan

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Sheridan by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 97378. 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 Sheridan is

The Census internal point of Sheridan is at 45.095900, -123.398100. Salem, the capital, is 21.0 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Dallas, OR (17,911 people), 12.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Salem, OR, 21.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
45.095900, -123.398100
DMS
45°05'45.24"N 123°23'53.16"W
UTM
10N 468676.0E 4993680.8N
Geohash
c202812nx
Plus code
84QR3JW2+9Q

Daylight in Sheridan

At 45.10° N, Sheridan gets about 15 h 38 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 45 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 53 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Sheridan

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oregon, measured between internal points. The closest is Willamina, 4.4 miles away, with 2,280 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Sheridan, OR?

6,375 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 55 (0.9%) from 6,430 in July 2020.

What county is Sheridan in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Sheridan?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 97378.

How far is Sheridan from Salem?

21.0 miles (33.8 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Sheridan.

What is the nearest larger city to Sheridan?

Dallas, OR, with 17,911 residents, 12.7 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.

  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.