Elevation of Gresham
319ft
above sea level · 97 m
Gresham is a city in Oregon with 111,513 people, the 4th most populous in the state. Of the 249 US cities with 100,000 to 250,000 people, it’s the 111th lowest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Place facts
- Coordinates
- 45.50° N · 122.43° W
- In degrees, minutes and seconds: 45° 29′ 53″ N · 122° 25′ 53″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 10T · 544,418 E · 5,038,451 N
- Zone 10 · NAD83, the official US datum
- Time zone
- Pacific Time
- UTC−8 · UTC−7 in summer (daylight saving time)
- Population (2025)
- 111,513 people
- 23.6 sq mi of land · 4,733 people/sq mi
- Elevation model
- USGS 3DEP, 3 m grid
- Data from December 2007: the ground height at the city’s reference point.
Population
Gresham had 111,513 residents on July 1, 2025, according to Census Bureau estimates, 2.4% fewer than in April 2020, when it had 114,259. Its 23.6 sq mi of land work out to 4,733 people/sq mi; the state average is 45 people/sq mi.
It’s the 4th most populous of the 426 places the Census counts in Oregon (cities, towns and CDPs), after Portland (635,109), and holds 2.6% of the state’s population.
It lies entirely within Multnomah County. Its reference point in the USGS gazetteer is 0.6 mi from the geographic center the Census gives for the city.
Compared with US cities of 100,000 to 250,000
Gresham sits at 319 ft (97 m) above sea level. Of the 249 US cities with 100,000 to 250,000 people, the highest is Lakewood (5,520 ft) and the lowest is Fort Lauderdale (3 ft). The average is 862 ft: Gresham is 543 ft below it.
The state capital, Salem, is 48 mi away in a straight line and 162 ft lower than Gresham.
The nearest city with more than 250,000 people is Portland, 12 mi away in a straight line and 287 ft lower.
Of the 6 cities in Oregon with a page, Gresham is the 3rd highest. The others are Bend (3,625 ft), Eugene (430 ft), Hillsboro (195 ft), Salem (157 ft), and Portland (32 ft).
The highest point in Oregon is Mount Hood, at 11,239 ft according to the USGS: 10,920 ft above Gresham, 37 mi away in a straight line.
- 139 Gresham 319 ft
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Gresham.
What is the elevation of Gresham?
Gresham is 319 feet (97 m) above sea level. That’s the ground height from the USGS 3DEP elevation model at the city’s reference point in the official gazetteer (GNIS). The city doesn’t have a single elevation: it rises and falls from one neighborhood to another.
What are the coordinates of Gresham?
Latitude 45.49818 and longitude -122.43148, in decimal degrees (45° 29′ 53″ N · 122° 25′ 53″ W). In UTM, zone 10: 544,418 E and 5,038,451 N, on NAD83.
How does Gresham rank among the highest US cities of its size?
It’s the 111th lowest of the 249 US cities with 100,000 to 250,000 people. The highest is Lakewood (5,520 ft) and the lowest is Fort Lauderdale (3 ft).
What county is Gresham in?
Multnomah County, Oregon.
Which is higher, Gresham or Salem?
Gresham. Gresham sits at 319 ft and Salem at 157 ft: a difference of 162 ft, 48 mi apart in a straight line.
How is elevation measured?
Elevation is the height above mean sea level. In the US the official reference is the NAVD88 vertical datum. Summits are surveyed on the ground, with leveling and precise GPS. The USGS 3DEP is an elevation model of the whole country, largely from 1-meter lidar: it gives the ground height at every point. That’s why it can differ by a few feet from the official figure of a sharp summit.
Sources
- USGS 3DEP (EPQS service) The elevation: the ground height at the reference point. Public domain.
- USGS GNIS (official gazetteer) The city’s reference point (“Populated Place”). Public domain.
- U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 estimates Population, land area (2025 Gazetteer) and counties. Public domain.
- TIGERweb (U.S. Census Bureau) Which county and city the point falls in. Public domain.
- timezone-boundary-builder The point’s time zone (ODbL, © OpenStreetMap contributors).
- Terrain Tiles, OpenStreetMap and OpenFreeMap The relief shading and the base map (ODbL).
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