Canby vs Milwaukie

A side-by-side comparison of Canby and Milwaukie: population, income, housing, and more.

Canby and Milwaukie are places in Oregon. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Milwaukie has the higher population (21,256 vs 18,103 in Canby). Canby has the higher median household income ($100,268 vs $82,422 in Milwaukie). Canby has the higher median home value ($479,500 vs $477,200 in Milwaukie).

Population, income & housing

	Canby	Milwaukie
Population	18,103	21,256
Median age	41.3 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$100,268	$82,422
Median home value	$479,500	$477,200
Median gross rent	$1,442	$1,499
Housing units	6,987	9,876
Homeownership rate	69.5%	60.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.5%	40.9%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canby	Milwaukie
Population	17,695 → 18,103 (+2.3%)	21,009 → 21,256 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$73,038 → $100,268 (+37.3%)	$61,902 → $82,422 (+33.1%)
Median home value	$329,700 → $479,500 (+45.4%)	$323,500 → $477,200 (+47.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,055 → $1,442 (+36.7%)	$1,173 → $1,499 (+27.8%)

Canby

Population

17,69518,103

Median household income

$73,038$100,268

Median home value

$329,700$479,500

Median gross rent

$1,055$1,442

Milwaukie

Population

21,00921,256

Median household income

$61,902$82,422

Median home value

$323,500$477,200

Median gross rent

$1,173$1,499

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canby	Milwaukie
Under 5	5.2%	5.8%
5 to 17	17.9%	11.4%
18 to 24	6.5%	7.5%
25 to 34	11.1%	14.7%
35 to 44	13.0%	18.7%
45 to 54	13.6%	12.6%
55 to 64	13.4%	11.9%
65 to 74	10.5%	10.2%
75 and over	8.8%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canby	Milwaukie
White (non-Hispanic)	75.0%	75.8%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.3%
Asian	1.8%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.7%	8.3%
Hispanic or Latino	17.2%	10.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canby	Milwaukie
No high school diploma	10.1%	4.5%
High school graduate	23.2%	20.0%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	28.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canby	Milwaukie
Drove alone	72.4%	63.2%
Carpooled	7.5%	6.9%
Public transit	1.6%	3.4%
Walked	2.5%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.9%
Worked from home	12.2%	22.3%
Other means	3.1%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canby	Milwaukie
1-unit, detached	64.4%	67.7%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	10.6%
20 or more units	7.9%	11.5%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Canby	Milwaukie
Poverty rate	6.8%	6.5%
Average household size	2.63	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1993	1967