Oregon · Census place 4176600
Vale, Oregon
Vale is a city in Malheur County, Oregon with an estimated 2,057 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 122nd largest of 165 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,057
- #122 of 165 in Oregon
- Change since 2020
- +8.1%
- +154 people
- Land area
- 1.2 sq mi
- Density
- 1,758 / sq mi
- State median 3,097
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Vale population, 2020 to 2024
Vale added 154 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +8.1%. In the latest year it moved by +4.
Vale covers 1.17 square miles of land, for 1,758 people per square mile of land. The median Oregon place of 5,000+ has 3,097, so Vale is less dense than the typical town.
What county Vale is in
All of Vale's residents live in Malheur County, which had 32,315 residents in 2024. Vale holds 6.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Vale
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Vale by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 97918. 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 Vale is
The Census internal point of Vale is at 43.984000, -117.242200. Salem, the capital, is 292.9 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Ontario, OR (11,957 people), 13.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Nampa, ID, 43.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 43.984000, -117.242200
- DMS
- 43°59'2.40"N 117°14'31.92"W
- UTM
- 11N 480576.6E 4870124.3N
- Geohash
- 9rudhp4c6
- Plus code
- 85M4XQM5+J4
Daylight in Vale
At 43.98° N, Vale gets about 15 h 29 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 53 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 36 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Vale
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oregon, measured between internal points. The closest is Ontario, 13.5 miles away, with 11,957 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Vale, OR?
2,057 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 154 (8.1%) from 1,903 in July 2020.
What county is Vale in?
Malheur County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Vale?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 97918.
How far is Vale from Salem?
292.9 miles (471.3 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Vale.
What is the nearest larger city to Vale?
Ontario, OR, with 11,957 residents, 13.5 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.