Oregon · Census place 4167100
Sherwood, Oregon
Sherwood is a city in Washington County, Oregon with an estimated 20,441 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 30th largest of 165 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 20,441
- #30 of 165 in Oregon
- Change since 2020
- -0.1%
- -11 people
- Land area
- 4.9 sq mi
- Density
- 4,146 / sq mi
- State median 3,097
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Sherwood population, 2020 to 2024
Sherwood lost 11 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.1%. In the latest year it moved by +191. Among 80 Oregon places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 55th; the median place changed by +0.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Oregon has 14,915 people, so Sherwood is 1.4 times that size.
Sherwood covers 4.93 square miles of land, for 4,146 people per square mile of land. The median Oregon place of 5,000+ has 3,097, so Sherwood is denser than the typical town.
What county Sherwood is in
All of Sherwood's residents live in Washington County, which had 611,272 residents in 2024. Sherwood holds 3.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Sherwood
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Sherwood by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 97140. 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 Sherwood is
The Census internal point of Sherwood is at 45.359500, -122.842200. Salem, the capital, is 30.5 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Tualatin, OR (28,036 people), 3.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Hillsboro, OR, 12.4 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 45.359500, -122.842200
- DMS
- 45°21'34.20"N 122°50'31.92"W
- UTM
- 10N 512359.0E 5022899.7N
- Geohash
- c20dh9mn1
- Plus code
- 84QV9555+R4
Daylight in Sherwood
At 45.36° N, Sherwood gets about 15 h 40 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 43 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 57 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Sherwood
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oregon, measured between internal points. The closest is King City, 3.4 miles away, with 5,002 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Sherwood, OR?
20,441 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 11 (0.1%) from 20,452 in July 2020.
What county is Sherwood in?
Washington County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Sherwood?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 97140.
How far is Sherwood from Salem?
30.5 miles (49.0 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Sherwood.
What is the nearest larger city to Sherwood?
Tualatin, OR, with 28,036 residents, 3.5 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.