Wasco County, Oregon

Wasco County, Oregon, has 26,310 residents (July 2025 estimate). Its county seat is The Dalles. It uses Pacific Time and covers 2,381 sq mi (6,167 km²) of land.

Wasco County in Oregon

Wasco County and its neighbors (simplified outlines). Open in OpenStreetMap ↗

Resident population, July 2025: 26,310
Land area: 2,381 sq mi (6,167 km²)
County seat or government: The Dalles
Time zone: Pacific TimeUTC-08:00 in January; UTC-07:00 in July
Median household income: $64,175 ± $3,054
Median home value: $367,400 ± $17,134
Median rent, with utilities: $1,008 ± $91
Homes lived in by their owners: 67.5% ± 3.0 points
County type: County
Metro or micro area: The Dalles, OR micro areaCentral county
Water area: 13.8 sq mi (35.7 km²)
State: Oregon
County code (FIPS): 41065
Coordinates (central point): 45.164536, -121.165069

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Time zones in Wasco County

Time zone	Local time and UTC offset	Next clock change
Pacific TimeAmerica/Los_Angeles	UTC-08:00 in January; UTC-07:00 in July. Enable JavaScript for the live clock.	Enable JavaScript for upcoming changes.

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ZIP Code areas, largest first

9705820,360 people
9774113,663 people
977612,955 people
970401,842 people
970211,608 people
970631,081 people
97037931 people
97001353 people
9705714 people

9 ZIP Code areas overlap Wasco County. People counts are 2020–2024 estimates for each whole ZIP area. Mailing ZIPs can differ; check an address with USPS ZIP Code Lookup.

Official county information

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School districts in Wasco County, largest first

North Wasco School District 2121,593 people
Jefferson County School District 509J16,977 people
Dufur School District 292,217 people
South Wasco County School District 12,061 people
Sherman School District 11,938 people
Fossil School District 21J734 people

Districts with land in the county; a district can cross county lines. People counts are American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates. A district boundary doesn’t decide which school a student attends.

Tribal areas in Wasco County, largest first

Warm Springs Reservation and Off-Reservation Trust Land2,955 people
Celilo Village56 people

American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian areas as the Census Bureau maps them, with at least 2% of their area here, water included. These lines don’t decide membership, jurisdiction or land status.

Cities, towns and communities, largest first

These areas overlap the mapped boundary; an overlap does not mean that every address belongs to both.

All 13

Shaniko, Oregon (city)14 people

Bordering areas, nearest first

Distances are straight lines between map points.

Sherman County, Oregon29 mi northeast
Hood River County, Oregon34 mi northwest
Jefferson County, Oregon36 mi south
Gilliam County, Oregon46 mi east
Clackamas County, Oregon50 mi west
Klickitat County, Washington52 mi north
Wheeler County, Oregon63 mi southeast
Marion County, Oregon71 mi west

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Areas that only touch the edge

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