Wheeler County, Oregon

Wheeler County population, land area and income

Wheeler County had 1,456 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 1,716.0 square miles of land. It ranks 36th of 36 in Oregon by population and 20th by land area. That works out to 0.8 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and in the bottom quarter nationally.

The median county-equivalent in Oregon has 46,128 residents, so Wheeler County has 3% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $46,315 is in the bottom quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Wheeler County's population changed since 2020

Wheeler County lost 3 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 0.2%. That ranks 23rd of 36 in Oregon for growth. The median Oregon county changed by +0.8%, and the state as a whole by +0.7%.

Since the April 2020 estimates base, Wheeler County recorded 31 births and 91 deaths, a natural change of -60. Net international migration added +8 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +63. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 63 people.

Where Wheeler County is

The Census internal point of Wheeler County is at 44.736400, -120.026900. It sits in UTM zone 10N. The map shades Oregon's 36 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Wheeler County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Wheeler County

No incorporated place of 1,000 or more people has residents in Wheeler County. Its 1,456 residents live in smaller towns, census-designated places, or unincorporated land, which the subcounty estimates do not list at this size.

Counties bordering Wheeler County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 6 neighbors for Wheeler County. The most populous is Crook County, OR, with 27,336 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Crook County

  27,336 people

  43 mi SSW

• Wasco County

  26,507 people

  63 mi WNW

• Jefferson County

  25,536 people

  57 mi W

• Morrow County

  12,360 people

  52 mi NNE

• Grant County

  7,093 people

  53 mi ESE

• Gilliam County

  1,971 people

  46 mi NNW

Distance to Salem and the nearest big city

Salem is 147.8 miles W of Wheeler County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Bend, OR (population 106,926), 78.8 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Prineville, OR (population 11,917), 51.0 miles away.

Wheeler County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Wheeler County is 41069: state code 41 for Oregon plus county code 069. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $46,315.