Canby vs West Linn

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

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

West Linn has the higher population (27,065 vs 18,103 in Canby). West Linn has the higher median household income ($138,526 vs $100,268 in Canby). West Linn has the higher median home value ($733,300 vs $479,500 in Canby).

Population, income & housing

	Canby	West Linn
Population	18,103	27,065
Median age	41.3 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$100,268	$138,526
Median home value	$479,500	$733,300
Median gross rent	$1,442	$2,006
Housing units	6,987	10,482
Homeownership rate	69.5%	83.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.5%	62.5%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canby	West Linn
Population	17,695 → 18,103 (+2.3%)	26,656 → 27,065 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$73,038 → $100,268 (+37.3%)	$111,042 → $138,526 (+24.8%)
Median home value	$329,700 → $479,500 (+45.4%)	$493,900 → $733,300 (+48.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,055 → $1,442 (+36.7%)	$1,588 → $2,006 (+26.3%)

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

West Linn

Population

26,65627,065

Median household income

$111,042$138,526

Median home value

$493,900$733,300

Median gross rent

$1,588$2,006

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canby	West Linn
Under 5	5.2%	5.2%
5 to 17	17.9%	20.1%
18 to 24	6.5%	5.7%
25 to 34	11.1%	7.3%
35 to 44	13.0%	14.2%
45 to 54	13.6%	12.9%
55 to 64	13.4%	15.5%
65 to 74	10.5%	11.1%
75 and over	8.8%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canby	West Linn
White (non-Hispanic)	75.0%	80.7%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	1.8%	5.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.7%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	17.2%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canby	West Linn
No high school diploma	10.1%	2.5%
High school graduate	23.2%	9.5%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	38.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	24.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canby	West Linn
Drove alone	72.4%	58.4%
Carpooled	7.5%	5.1%
Public transit	1.6%	1.3%
Walked	2.5%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.8%
Worked from home	12.2%	31.9%
Other means	3.1%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canby	West Linn
1-unit, detached	64.4%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	9.7%
20 or more units	7.9%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Canby	West Linn
Poverty rate	6.8%	5.2%
Average household size	2.63	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1993	1988