Corvallis, OR Metro Area
The Corvallis, OR metro area is one county in Oregon: Benton County. About 97,728 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 2.7% more than in April 2020.
- Population, July 2025
- 97,728 2.7% more than in April 2020
- Type
- Metropolitan statistical area
- County
- Benton County
- Land area
- 675 sq mi (1,749 km²)
- Time zone
- Pacific TimeUTC-08:00 in January; UTC-07:00 in July
- State
- Oregon
- Combined statistical area
- Portland-Vancouver-Salem, OR-WA
- CBSA code
- 18700
The county in the Corvallis, OR metro area
| County | Role | Population, July 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Benton County | Central | 97,728 |
A central county holds the area’s core, an urban area of at least 50,000 people. This area has no outlying counties: no neighboring county sends enough commuters to join it. A county belongs to one metro or micro area at most, and it counts whole, countryside included.
Principal city
- Corvallis59,960 people
OMB names the area after its largest principal cities. A principal city is the area’s largest city, plus any other city that is very large or a big job center, and smaller ones with at least as many jobs as working residents (2020 Census and commuting figures). People counts are American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates.
Part of the Portland-Vancouver-Salem, OR-WA combined statistical area
OMB joins neighboring metro and micro areas into a combined statistical area when enough people commute between them. The other 4 areas in this one, largest first:
- Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area2,542,282 people
- Salem, OR Metro Area445,814 people
- Albany, OR Metro Area132,843 people
- Longview-Kelso, WA Metro Area114,885 people
Bordering metro and micro areas, nearest first
Areas with a county on this area’s edge. Distances are straight lines between the areas’ largest cities.
- Albany, OR Metro Area9.8 mi northeast
- Salem, OR Metro Area27 mi northeast
- Eugene-Springfield, OR Metro Area36 mi south
- Newport, OR Micro Area38 mi west
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