Oregon · Census place 4183400

Winston, Oregon

Winston is a city in Douglas County, Oregon with an estimated 5,691 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 75th largest of 165 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
5,691
#75 of 165 in Oregon
Change since 2020
+0.9%
+52 people
Land area
2.8 sq mi
Density
2,062 / sq mi
State median 3,097
Orange pin: Winston. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Salem.

Winston population, 2020 to 2024

Winston added 52 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.9%. In the latest year it moved by -8. Among 80 Oregon places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 40th; the median place changed by +0.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Oregon has 14,915 people, so Winston is 38% of it.

5,63920205,68620215,69120225,69920235,6912024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 5,634. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Winston covers 2.76 square miles of land, for 2,062 people per square mile of land. The median Oregon place of 5,000+ has 3,097, so Winston is less dense than the typical town.

What county Winston is in

All of Winston's residents live in Douglas County, which had 112,255 residents in 2024. Winston holds 5.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Winston

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Winston by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 97496. 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 Winston is

The Census internal point of Winston is at 43.120100, -123.424500. Salem, the capital, is 127.2 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Roseburg, OR (23,795 people), 8.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Eugene, OR, 66.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
43.120100, -123.424500
DMS
43°07'12.36"N 123°25'28.20"W
UTM
10N 465467.1E 4774239.3N
Geohash
9r8jr3v0b
Plus code
84MR4HCG+26

Daylight in Winston

At 43.12° N, Winston gets about 15 h 23 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 59 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 23 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Winston

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oregon, measured between internal points. The closest is Roseburg, 8.0 miles away, with 23,795 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Winston, OR?

5,691 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 52 (0.9%) from 5,639 in July 2020.

What county is Winston in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Winston?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 97496.

How far is Winston from Salem?

127.2 miles (204.7 km) in a straight line, heading N from Winston.

What is the nearest larger city to Winston?

Roseburg, OR, with 23,795 residents, 8.0 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.