Oregon · Census place 4167650

Silverton, Oregon

Silverton is a city in Marion County, Oregon with an estimated 10,391 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 51st largest of 165 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
10,391
#51 of 165 in Oregon
Change since 2020
-0.9%
-96 people
Land area
3.5 sq mi
+ 0.04 sq mi water
Density
2,960 / sq mi
State median 3,097
Orange pin: Silverton. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Salem.

Silverton population, 2020 to 2024

Silverton lost 96 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.9%. In the latest year it moved by -17. Among 80 Oregon places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 62nd; the median place changed by +0.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Oregon has 14,915 people, so Silverton is 70% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 10,482. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Silverton covers 3.51 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 2,960 people per square mile of land. The median Oregon place of 5,000+ has 3,097, so Silverton is close to the typical town.

What county Silverton is in

All of Silverton's residents live in Marion County, which had 352,867 residents in 2024. Silverton holds 2.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Silverton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Silverton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 97381. 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 Silverton is

The Census internal point of Silverton is at 45.003400, -122.780900. Salem, the capital, is 13.0 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Woodburn, OR (30,449 people), 10.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Salem, OR, 13.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
45.003400, -122.780900
DMS
45°00'12.24"N 122°46'51.24"W
UTM
10N 517267.4E 4983351.4N
Geohash
c208n09ev
Plus code
84QV2639+9J

Daylight in Silverton

At 45.00° N, Silverton gets about 15 h 37 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 46 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 51 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Silverton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oregon, measured between internal points. The closest is Mount Angel, 4.6 miles away, with 3,436 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Silverton, OR?

10,391 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 96 (0.9%) from 10,487 in July 2020.

What county is Silverton in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Silverton?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 97381.

How far is Silverton from Salem?

13.0 miles (20.9 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Silverton.

What is the nearest larger city to Silverton?

Woodburn, OR, with 30,449 residents, 10.7 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.