Lake Oswego vs Wilsonville

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

Lake Oswego and Wilsonville 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 26,183 in Wilsonville). Lake Oswego has the higher median household income ($140,441 vs $87,371 in Wilsonville). Lake Oswego has the higher median home value ($894,000 vs $584,700 in Wilsonville).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Oswego	Wilsonville
Population	40,367	26,183
Median age	46.5 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$140,441	$87,371
Median home value	$894,000	$584,700
Median gross rent	$2,031	$1,839
Housing units	17,838	10,772
Homeownership rate	70.8%	50.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	75.1%	44.5%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Oswego	Wilsonville
Population	39,127 → 40,367 (+3.2%)	24,073 → 26,183 (+8.8%)
Median household income	$108,927 → $140,441 (+28.9%)	$72,312 → $87,371 (+20.8%)
Median home value	$637,200 → $894,000 (+40.3%)	$425,900 → $584,700 (+37.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,614 → $2,031 (+25.8%)	$1,360 → $1,839 (+35.2%)

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

Wilsonville

Population

24,07326,183

Median household income

$72,312$87,371

Median home value

$425,900$584,700

Median gross rent

$1,360$1,839

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Oswego	Wilsonville
Under 5	5.0%	4.0%
5 to 17	18.0%	14.1%
18 to 24	4.0%	9.7%
25 to 34	7.8%	16.1%
35 to 44	12.7%	15.7%
45 to 54	15.5%	12.9%
55 to 64	14.0%	10.7%
65 to 74	14.1%	8.2%
75 and over	8.8%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Oswego	Wilsonville
White (non-Hispanic)	77.9%	70.3%
Black or African American	1.1%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	8.3%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.5%
Some other race	0.5%	0.7%
Two or more races	7.2%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	16.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Oswego	Wilsonville
No high school diploma	1.0%	5.0%
High school graduate	6.0%	20.6%
Some college or associate's	17.9%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	41.5%	29.1%
Graduate or professional degree	33.6%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Oswego	Wilsonville
Drove alone	61.9%	72.0%
Carpooled	4.0%	11.2%
Public transit	1.2%	1.4%
Walked	1.3%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.3%
Worked from home	29.8%	12.0%
Other means	1.4%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Oswego	Wilsonville
1-unit, detached	62.7%	42.0%
1-unit, attached	7.9%	9.8%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	12.0%	21.6%
20 or more units	11.6%	18.1%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Oswego	Wilsonville
Poverty rate	3.1%	8.8%
Average household size	2.41	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1982	1998