Lake Oswego vs Milwaukie

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

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

Lake Oswego has the higher population (40,367 vs 21,256 in Milwaukie). Lake Oswego has the higher median household income ($140,441 vs $82,422 in Milwaukie). Lake Oswego has the higher median home value ($894,000 vs $477,200 in Milwaukie).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Oswego	Milwaukie
Population	40,367	21,256
Median age	46.5 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$140,441	$82,422
Median home value	$894,000	$477,200
Median gross rent	$2,031	$1,499
Housing units	17,838	9,876
Homeownership rate	70.8%	60.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	75.1%	40.9%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Oswego	Milwaukie
Population	39,127 → 40,367 (+3.2%)	21,009 → 21,256 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$108,927 → $140,441 (+28.9%)	$61,902 → $82,422 (+33.1%)
Median home value	$637,200 → $894,000 (+40.3%)	$323,500 → $477,200 (+47.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,614 → $2,031 (+25.8%)	$1,173 → $1,499 (+27.8%)

Lake Oswego

Population

39,12740,367

Median household income

$108,927$140,441

Median home value

$637,200$894,000

Median gross rent

$1,614$2,031

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)

	Lake Oswego	Milwaukie
Under 5	5.0%	5.8%
5 to 17	18.0%	11.4%
18 to 24	4.0%	7.5%
25 to 34	7.8%	14.7%
35 to 44	12.7%	18.7%
45 to 54	15.5%	12.6%
55 to 64	14.0%	11.9%
65 to 74	14.1%	10.2%
75 and over	8.8%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Oswego	Milwaukie
White (non-Hispanic)	77.9%	75.8%
Black or African American	1.1%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	8.3%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race	0.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	7.2%	8.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	10.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Oswego	Milwaukie
No high school diploma	1.0%	4.5%
High school graduate	6.0%	20.0%
Some college or associate's	17.9%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	41.5%	28.1%
Graduate or professional degree	33.6%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Oswego	Milwaukie
Drove alone	61.9%	63.2%
Carpooled	4.0%	6.9%
Public transit	1.2%	3.4%
Walked	1.3%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.9%
Worked from home	29.8%	22.3%
Other means	1.4%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Oswego	Milwaukie
1-unit, detached	62.7%	67.7%
1-unit, attached	7.9%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	12.0%	10.6%
20 or more units	11.6%	11.5%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Lake Oswego	Milwaukie
Poverty rate	3.1%	6.5%
Average household size	2.41	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1982	1967