The Dalles, Oregon

The Dalles population, 2020 to 2024

The Dalles lost 97 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.6%. In the latest year it moved by +76. Among 80 Oregon places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 59th; the median place changed by +0.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Oregon has 14,915 people, so The Dalles is 1.1 times that size.

The Dalles covers 6.69 square miles of land and 0.24 of water, for 2,374 people per square mile of land. The median Oregon place of 5,000+ has 3,097, so The Dalles is less dense than the typical town.

What county The Dalles is in

All of The Dalles's residents live in Wasco County, which had 26,507 residents in 2024. The Dalles holds 59.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in The Dalles

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps The Dalles by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 97058. 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 The Dalles is

The Census internal point of The Dalles is at 45.598400, -121.152400. Salem, the capital, is 102.0 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Washougal, WA (17,944 people), 57.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Gresham, OR, 62.8 miles away.

Daylight in The Dalles

At 45.60° N, The Dalles gets about 15 h 42 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 41 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 00 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near The Dalles

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oregon, measured between internal points. The closest is Hood River, 19.6 miles away, with 8,350 people.