Oregon · Census place 4172500

Talent, Oregon

Talent is a city in Jackson County, Oregon with an estimated 6,306 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 73rd largest of 165 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
6,306
#73 of 165 in Oregon
Change since 2020
-0.1%
-5 people
Land area
1.3 sq mi
Density
4,706 / sq mi
State median 3,097
Orange pin: Talent. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Salem.

Talent population, 2020 to 2024

Talent lost 5 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.1%. In the latest year it moved by -6. Among 80 Oregon places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 56th; the median place changed by +0.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Oregon has 14,915 people, so Talent is 42% of it.

6,31120206,13720216,18020226,31220236,3062024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 6,283. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Talent covers 1.34 square miles of land, for 4,706 people per square mile of land. The median Oregon place of 5,000+ has 3,097, so Talent is denser than the typical town.

What county Talent is in

All of Talent's residents live in Jackson County, which had 221,331 residents in 2024. Talent holds 2.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Talent

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Talent by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 97540. 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 Talent is

The Census internal point of Talent is at 42.240500, -122.781200. Salem, the capital, is 186.9 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Ashland, OR (20,935 people), 5.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Eugene, OR, 126.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.240500, -122.781200
DMS
42°14'25.80"N 122°46'52.32"W
UTM
10N 518052.1E 4676502.4N
Geohash
9r88q19kw
Plus code
84JV66R9+6G

Daylight in Talent

At 42.24° N, Talent gets about 15 h 16 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 05 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 11 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Talent

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oregon, measured between internal points. The closest is Phoenix, 2.9 miles away, with 4,570 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Talent, OR?

6,306 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 5 (0.1%) from 6,311 in July 2020.

What county is Talent in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Talent?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 97540.

How far is Talent from Salem?

186.9 miles (300.7 km) in a straight line, heading N from Talent.

What is the nearest larger city to Talent?

Ashland, OR, with 20,935 residents, 5.4 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.