Oregon · Census place 4184200

Yachats, Oregon

Yachats is a city in Lincoln County, Oregon with an estimated 1,018 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 164th largest of 165 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,018
#164 of 165 in Oregon
Change since 2020
+1.6%
+16 people
Land area
0.9 sq mi
Density
1,119 / sq mi
State median 3,097
Orange pin: Yachats. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Salem.

Yachats population, 2020 to 2024

Yachats added 16 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.6%. In the latest year it moved by +2.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 999. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Yachats covers 0.91 square miles of land, for 1,119 people per square mile of land. The median Oregon place of 5,000+ has 3,097, so Yachats is less dense than the typical town.

What county Yachats is in

All of Yachats's residents live in Lincoln County, which had 51,212 residents in 2024. Yachats holds 2.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Yachats

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Yachats by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 97498. 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 Yachats is

The Census internal point of Yachats is at 44.311800, -124.101400. Salem, the capital, is 68.2 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Waldport, OR (2,262 people), 7.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Eugene, OR, 51.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
44.311800, -124.101400
DMS
44°18'42.48"N 124°06'5.04"W
UTM
10N 412159.9E 4907094.5N
Geohash
9pzu048ng
Plus code
84PQ8V6X+PC

Daylight in Yachats

At 44.31° N, Yachats gets about 15 h 32 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 51 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 41 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Yachats

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oregon, measured between internal points. The closest is Waldport, 7.6 miles away, with 2,262 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Yachats, OR?

1,018 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 16 (1.6%) from 1,002 in July 2020.

What county is Yachats in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Yachats?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 97498.

How far is Yachats from Salem?

68.2 miles (109.8 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Yachats.

What is the nearest larger city to Yachats?

Waldport, OR, with 2,262 residents, 7.6 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.